Need help opening a pdf?

I uninstalled and reinstalled my adobe reader x and i am still getting the error message
File does not begin with '%pdf-" (then my file name it is trying to open.) I used it all morning and now am unable to open a pdf. Please advise

If you are using Windows, you could try to do a system restore.
Go to the restore date/point that is nearest to the time before you uninstalled and re-installed your Reader after it malfunctioned
I've had that happen to me before and that's all I did.
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