Problems opening pdf files in Adobe...

I'm not very good with computers, so maybe this is an easy fix. I used to be able to double click on a pdf file and it would open automatically in Adobe but now for some reason nothing happens and then eventually I get an error message saying that it can't connect to a DDE (or something along those lines).
I haven't made any changes to my computer at all. Since this problem started happening, I tried downloading the updates but that doesn't help at all.
This is a big pain, so any help would be great!

Some things to try...
Using Windows Explorer navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader, then double-click on Eula.exe and accept the license agreement
Can you open Adobe Reader by itself? If so, try disabling Protected Mode [Edit | Preferences | Security (Enhanced)].
If you cannot open Reader by itself, try to disable Protected Mode in the registry; download, unzip, then run the attached registry script
It could even be a malware issue; see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/reader-core-dll-error.html

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