Problem uninstalling Acrobat Reader 9.0

Hi,
I upgraded to Acrobat Reader 9.0 a while ago but due to internet access I believe the upgrade did not complete properly and now I am left with a corrupt install of Acrobat Reader. I tried to remove it using Add or Remove Programs but it says that this is not a valid Windows package. I tried to remove the Adobe folder from C:\Program Files and removed it finally but now I cannot download the latest Acrobat reader using Adobe Download Manager.
So basically how can i clean my system of any existing Adobe Reader files so that I can do a clean install?

You may be able to use the MS cleanup utility to fix the registry problems. Other than that, you might just try to reinstall it and the uninstall again. For further questions about Reader, ask in the Reader forum. The product is called Adobe Reader, NOT Acrobat Reader. This latter name has been gone for about 4 versions, to avoid the confusion I assume. Acrobat is the full product at a cost.

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