Adobe Reader triggers application errors

Hello, everyone.
Every time I launch Adobe Reader, it first tells me that it cannot open Protected Mode due to a problem with the environment and asks me to choose how to open the file. The file does open, but after that, *regardless* of what I chose, I start triggering application errors.
Every time I try to launch an .exe file - basically, everything on a Windows system - I get application error 0xc0000142, saying that the application was unable to start correctly. I can't launch anything new until I restart my computer.
Any programs that were running at the moment don't stop running, so I'm guessing something happens with launch algorithms. Adobe is the only program that triggers this error chain.
The entire ordeal started when I tried to write a VBA script in MS Excel to automatically save spreadsheets as PDF files. The script was nothing special, I just recorded saving as PDF and replayed it. Excel created the file, but when it opened, the Protected Mode error showed up first and this error triggering started happening.
I've tried deleting Adobe's products and reinstalling them (including registry files).
I'm running a Windows 7 64-bit system.
This error is making studying for my exams very annoying (I have to use Google Drive each time), so any help will be much, much appreciated.

It's Adobe Reader XI, v11.0.10.
I could open the reader itself, but once I was prompted for Protected Mode, the chain would start.
I managed to enter preferences and mess around a bit - disabled protected mode, javascript (just in case), disabled "enhanced security". And that all worked - I can now freely open Reader and the errors don't start. I think it was Protected Mode - no idea why, though.
Works fine now.

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