Adobe Reader XI won't open more than one PDF

The latest Adobe Reader (11.0.02) won't open more than one PDF at a time. Seems to require continual re-install for each open. And each time I install, it says the application is already present on my machine, yet I cannot find it anywhere. Any suggestions out there?
Elaine

Thanks for getting back to me, Pat. I need to go back to wherever I was and
remove the question. After I posted my question, I decided to delete all of
the Adobe applications on my computer and start overŠit worked.
I appreciate your concern,
Elaine Davis

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