Safari won't open PDF files anymore.

Hi, This is a new problem for me. I have Mavericks 10.9.4 and Safari 7.0.6. Whenever I click on a PDF link on a web page, I get a black screen - no error message at all. The link works properly in Firefox. I looked at my installed plugins and there are a couple for PDFs. I've got Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Pro both installed. Does anyone have any idea what could have changed or what I am missing?
Thanks!
kt

Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Click Go
If you see this plugin: AdobePDFviewerplugin
Move it to the trash, then quit and relaunch Safari and try a PDF file.

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