Having to Choose a Document TWICE to Open in Acrobat

Lately every time I try to open a PDF in Acrobat I have had to go through the steps to open TWICE before it actually launches in the program. This happens whether I double click the PDF icon, drag the icon to Acrobat in my Dock or open from the File menu. I then have to doubleclick, drag, etc. one more time before the file will open.
I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro 9.1.2 on OSX 10.5.7
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

How many copies of Acrobat and/or Reader do you have on your machine? Where is the Acrobat application located? Does this happen withn any other application? You can try to delete your caches with an application like Onyx or Applejack.

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