Adobe reader install failed AND......

I'M REALLY ANGRY. I've had a program on my HP desktop ever since I bought it that I could always open pdf files. I assume it was Adobe Acrobat. A few days ago, I could still open all my files, but I could no longer print them. They would just go into limbo and nothing ever happened. Everything else I have prints fine. SO, I uninstalled Adobe PDF reader and tried to reload the fre version out there, first Adobe X, then that didn't work, so I did it again and got Adobe free reader. NOW, I find that ALL OF MY pdf files were converted in the process to Word file. This PISSES me off. How can I get them back to the pdf files that they were? If I lose all of these, there will be big trouble. Please, someone email me at [removed]

You haven't said what OS you are using but to me it sounds like you simply have to reset your file associations to recognize Reader as the program used to open pdf files (the files themselves are probably just fine).
Windows: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-default-programs#1TC=windows-7
Mac: http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/25/change-file-associations-in-mac-os-x/

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