Cant open any files!

okay someone was messing around with my computer, and when i got on it any file i tried to open it opens adobe reader 8, and then it says-
"Adobe Reader could not open 'FileName.exe' because it is either not a supported file or the file has been damaged (for example, this file was sent as an e-mail attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)."
What is going on? Can anyone help?

For starters, Reader doesn't open .exe files.
Sounds like someone has changed your systems file associations. You may want to look up in your particular OS help menu how to change them back.

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