Adobe Reader not opening nor allowing PDF to open

Hi there.
I just downloaded Adobe Reader 11.0.06 to my mac. When I try to open the application nothing happens and when I try to read/download a PDF file from any given site it gives me the following message:
''Before viewing PDF documents in this browser you must launch Adobe Reader and accept the End User License Agreement, then Quit and relaunch the browser.''
As I am trying to work on my dissertation, this really kind of sucks.
I have tried to re-install it etc but nothing happens
Can anybody help?

You need to do what the message says, that's all. You are in good company, several people a week are baffled by this message, something which honestly baffles me. Still, it's obviously bad design if it isn't intuitive.
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