How to uninstall manually Adobe Reader XI in a corrupted install and not being able to uninstall from control panel

It seems that Adobe Reader X1(11.0.0.9) installed and the installation was corrupted.  It now opens up the Windows help center automatically.  Booting the computer in safe mode and trying to unistall in the control panel,  I get the Windows Installer Servicee could not be accessed.  I am able to uninstall other programs with no problem. 
can someone help?

One way is to download again and install, then uninstall. That sometimes resolves the issue. To clear the registry of Acrobat and Reader (this is the Acrobat forum by the way, Reader is another forum), use http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html.

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