Adobe Reader thinks it's downloaded on my system but it hasn't

imo there's a serious error w.r.t. the Adobe Reader download manager. The @#$%^& *&^%$ thing has apparently set a flag somewhere such that it thinks Reader has been downloaded on my system. So I'm unable to do another download as every time I try it I get a ^&*(+ message saying the download is complete.
What the #$%^&* do I do to get beyond this?
@#$%^&+

I strongly advice against third party uninstallers, registry cleaners
and the like.
Uninstall problems
1. Be sure to use Add/Remove Programs.
2. If no use, use Microsoft Windows Installer Cleanup (follow the
instructions carefully, including a clean reinstall/uninstall).
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