PDF link issue in Dreamweaver

Clicking on PDF links in Dreamweaver brings up an Adobe PDF error that says: "There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat. If it is running, please exit and try again. (1:1)". We tried reinstalling to the latest version of Acrobat X but the error continues.
We thought this was an Acrobat error, however PDFs function normally so long as they are not called out from Dreamweaver. We have tried reinstalling Dreamweaver with no luck as well.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Machine is Windows 7 with Dreamweaver CS5 v6 and Acrobat X.

OK, why do you want to preview/open a PDF from within Dreamweaver?
Added new content which includes the pdf link to my web page and need to ensure the link works before going live with the web page.
You should be able to do so while in Live View, but I would not expect this to work in just Design View in any version of Dreamweaver.
Before received Dreamweaver upgrade, I previewed the web page in the web browser and clicked the links on page to verify if worked and no problem. I should be able to continue to do so now.
If you are just trying to test out what the experience would be like for the visitors to your website, then you should be doing so in a web browser. e.g. use Preview In Browser from Dreamweaver, then click the link for the PDF from within your browser.
I agree, as previously stated, this is what I'm doing and it's not working......the pdf file does not open.

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.oO(Mike Z)
>My boss asked me to alter all the pages on our website so
that links to PDF
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>In the past I put "(PDF file)" after each link, and that
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