Opening Acrobat Pro Opens ALL PDFS

I have a real glitch. When I open Acrobat Pro for some reason it opens all of my pdfs... I mean all, every PDF I have opens in the past on my computer opens, and I have to force quit. Any help?

This is a real bug...many folks on both Windows and Mac sides are experiencing it...I'm surprised Adobe hasn't patched it yet. Something is launching everything in your History cache.
The only solution I've had success with is to
NOT force quit it (it'll just do it again the next time you launch),
let it open all of the windows,
option-click close on the last window opened,
quit Acrobat,
then restart it.
It hasn't happened in a few months since we let it "run its course."
-Andy

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