TRYING TO GET RID OF NEW ADOBE READER - TURNED ALL MY PDF'S TO NEW VERSION

I made the mistake of downloading and installing the newest 9.X version of Adobe. Problem because it has turned ALL OF MY saved PDF documents into 9.x version. This is bad because it cannot be opened by the recipient unless they too have the latest version. I can't force potential sponsors to have to download to view.
I deleted the 9.x version and did an ADOBE AIR uninstall. But all my old pdf documents were not converted back to the older version. Now when you click on them there is an error because I've removed the program. Can't open them now.
ANYBODY KNOW what to do to get my older docs to open and to have it where Firefox and Safari - save to the older version of Adobe; not the newer one that it is still doing? Both browsers save to the 9.X adobe version which can't be opened.
I want the old Adobe back. Please help!!
Thanks. :o)
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I made the mistake of downloading and installing the newest 9.X version of Adobe.
Do you mean the Reader or the Professional version? I ask because...
Problem because it has turned ALL OF MY saved PDF documents into 9.x version.
Completely impossible unless you actually opened each PDF file and re-saved it. If you didn't do that, then the OS is simply showing you that the files are now associated with last installed version or Acrobat. Even if you did install the Professional version, it will not, and cannot alter all of your standing PDF documents without you doing so yourself. They will still be in whatever version format they were last saved in.
But all my old pdf documents were not converted back to the older version.
That's because the OS still thinks that's the program to open them in, even though you've removed it. Install the Acrobat 8 Reader and the associations should change back to that version.
ANYBODY KNOW what to do to get my older docs to open and to have it where Firefox and Safari - save to the older version of Adobe;
Reinstalling the version 8 Reader will also reinstall the version 8 browser plugins.

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