Can't open PDF e-mail attachments

Windows 7, MS Outlook, Reader XI
If someone sends me an e-mail with PDF attachments, I can only open them one at a time.
If I double-click one attachment, it opens in Adobe Reader (XI). If I double-click another, there's a flicker and then nothing. I have to close not only the first file, but close down Reader too, before the next file will open. Very tedious. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a solution?
Occasionally, some time later (>5mins), when I'm doing something entirely unrelated one of these files will suddenly open up. It's as though the request to open a PDF is being backed up somewhere. Mostly though, they just don't open unless I go through the process above. With Reader closed down, the first PDF I try to open comes right up with no delay at all.

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