PDF wont open up when double clicked

Just tike this thread says
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1121614?tstart=0
But i tried all the things to no avail.
It is still an issue.
Any ideas?

Since Acrobat is opening, you apparently have a file association issue in Windows, not an Acrobat problem. In that case, right click on the PDF and select Open With. Follow on to select Acrobat and also be sure the check box for "always open with" is checked. That should resolve the file association issue of the OS.

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