Adobe Reader install successful but cannot access PDF files.

Despite several installations of Adobe Reader, a message advises there is a problem. Close and try again. When clicking to open a PDF file, a dark grey screen appears with a horizontal bar in the middle. The blue bar is full, and has fully loaded, but nothing happens. I cannot access any PDF files and need to fix this problem. Please help.

Version of Reader? Version of Windows? Is the problem opening a pdf in Reader or viewing a pdf in a browser?

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