Serious error in Acrobat 8, need to re-install, doesn't fix

Hi!
I have Acrobat 8 running on Windows XP. It decided today to not work; no mods have been made to this program for a long time, no updates or anything weird!
The error appears when I open Acrobat, but also if I open any folder containing a PDF. The error is "A serious error has been detected and Adobe Acrobat 8.1.0 Professional cannot continue. Please re-install the application and try again." If Okay is clicked Acrobat shuts down. In a folder without having Acrobat open, clicking okay does not affect the folders. I can still view PDFs.
I have (on advice of the LiveChat guy) uninstalled then re-installed it. This did not fix it.
Does anyone know what to do for this?
Thanks!

First, try a repair. Since it is crashing, you will have to do this from the Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs. If that does not work, then you can do the uninstall. If you do, be sure to delete the Acrobat folder before doing the reinstall (but after the other steps suggested). I you get it to work, you may want to consider doing the updates for security reasons. The current version is AA8.2.4.

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