Out of no where my laptop is trying to open everything in adobe reader and i want it to stop.

Every sinle icon is runed by adobe reader now and i want it to stop because adobe reader cant open the internet it cant open anything on my laptop. I tryed to open something in adobe reader and then every single thing changed. I thought it was just something that would go away but instead of all the icons just looking like it, now they are runned by it too. so it got worse when i turned it off. Can anyone please help.

HI,
Please try to follow the steps in below mentioned article:
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acrobat.html
Let me know if it helps.
~Pranav

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