Dock app icon has other icons on top of it

Recently my HD crashed on my Mac Book Pro 2011 and had a new one installed.
I have slowly (not a techie) been reinstalling software that didn't come with my Mac.
One of those was Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.  After I installed it, the icon is superimposed over the App icon on my dock.
Does anyone know why?? I've been researching and can not find how to correct it.
Thank you,
Nicolette

Can you screenshot that area of the screen? I'm not sure what you mean by the app icon in the Dock.
cmd+shift+4 then drag the crosshairs over the area in question - the image should appear on your Desktop. If the dock is hidden make it pop up before you hit the shortcut. The camera icon will allow you to post the image here.
P.S. the downloads folder can display differently by default (it can stack everything) mouse over the icon to see what it is called, it may be OK.

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