Adobe Reader XI won't stay open in Windows 7; Solutions don't work

My Adobe reader was working fine under Windows 7 and all of a sudden it stopped working. It opens, starts opening a file and before it finishes opening the file, it closes. I have unstalled Adobe Reader XI using the Adobe Cleaner Tool provided on the community board website and reinstalled it from the Adobe.com website. I also went to the eula.exe file and clicked accept which was a suggestion on the community board. Please help

Other things you could try...
Update Reader to 11.0.5
Can you open Adobe Reader by itself? If so, try disabling Protected Mode [Edit | Preferences | Security (Enhanced)].
If you cannot open Reader by itself, try to disable Protected Mode in the registry; download, unzip, then run the attached registry script
It could even be a malware issue; see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/reader-core-dll-error.html

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You can try using Windows Explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader, then double-click on Eula.exe and accept the license agreement

When i do the download of adobe reader 11 there is only a black window and it don't start

when i do the download of adobe reader 11 there is only a black window and it don't start
excuse for my bad english but i'm italian

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     I recently installed Adobe Reader XI. Whether I open the program directly or double-click a PDF document the results are the same. I briefly see the blank Reader application window, then it closes. I have run the Repair function from Control Panel with no positive results. Can someone tell me what the problem and solution is? Thank you.

Pat, I downloaded and ran the clean utility, then attempted to install all three Adobe Reader versions available on the link you provided, uninstalling and installing as needed. I experienced the same problem with all versions. I spoke to a colleague about what was happening, and he had me reinstall Adobe Reader XI and attempt to start it. After getting the same result, he asked me to look at the Event Viewer. We saw the entry below. I navigated to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\ folder and double-clicked the Eula.exe. It displayed the End User License Agreement window and I clicked 'Accept'. After doing that I was able to start the Reader without issue and it all seems to be working fine now. Pretty weird. Anyway, I thought I'd let you know in case it provided any useful information. It may be just a weirdism on my laptop. It certainly woudn't be the first. It's a Lenovo Thinkpad and I've renamed it a Stinkpad, for good reason. Thanks for your assistance and professional expertise, and let me know if there is anything else (logs, etc.) if you think it would be helpful or useful.
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          3/22/2013 11:28:50 AM
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Steve-Laptop.avfconsulting.com
Description:
Faulting application name: Eula.exe, version: 11.0.0.379, time stamp: 0x505fc5b0
Faulting module name: nvdxgiwrap.dll, version: 8.17.12.6802, time stamp: 0x4d962e4d
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000285a
Faulting process id: 0x15f0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce2711f453dd03
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\Eula.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\CoProcManager\nvdxgiwrap.dll
Report Id: 32127b81-9305-11e2-b83a-534e57000000
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-22T15:28:50.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>56309</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Steve-Laptop.avfconsulting.com</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>Eula.exe</Data>
    <Data>11.0.0.379</Data>
    <Data>505fc5b0</Data>
    <Data>nvdxgiwrap.dll</Data>
    <Data>8.17.12.6802</Data>
    <Data>4d962e4d</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>0000285a</Data>
    <Data>15f0</Data>
    <Data>01ce2711f453dd03</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\Eula.exe</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\CoProcManager\nvdxgiwrap.dll</Data>
    <Data>32127b81-9305-11e2-b83a-534e57000000</Data>
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