Illustrator CS5 docs open as PDFs in CS5.1

I just got a new computer at work, and my Adobe software was updated. I am now running Illustrator CS5.1, but all of my docs are from CS5. When I try to open a file with multiple artboards, it gives me the 'Open PDF' dialog box and asks me to choose a page to open (each art board is treated as a page)
How can I open my files as Illustrator docs, with all artboards visable? Any help is much, much, much appreciated.

All files with multiple artboards? Also new files?
Do you just double click them? What happens if you open through other ways?
How did you transfer the files to your new computer?
What about file size - did it change? Anything suspicius about the file size?

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I want it to open as normal so that all the artboards in view, and are editable.
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When we say that we need the data in a different format,
let us send graphics otherwise, most will say that it will be printed
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Please let me know if you have tried converting any other PDF to word with Reader.
Alos, please sign up at "https://cloud.acrobat.com/" using your Adobe ID credentials. Click on 'ExportPDF' tab and upload the PDF that you want to convert to Word.
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