Unable to preview form in Livecycle Designer

Adobe Acrobat: 9.0.0
Adobe Livecycle Designer ES: 8.2.1.3144.1.471865
I load a form and when I click on the Preview tab I receive a blank popup box
How can I fix this? Thanks! I've already tried uninstalling/re-installing Adobe Acrobat without any luck.

Hello,
you should use your file manager and if you don't find your Adobe directory by clicking, please use search function. Here a screenshot (detail) of mine:
Do it in the same way with your browser programs and don't fear to copy them into the Adobe directory. In this case I use two "windows technique". On the other hand I prefer "SpeedCommander 12" for these operations.
Hans-Günter

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I have a problem with Livecycle Designer where whenever I try to preview any of my forms I get the message "There is a problem with Adobe Actobat/Reader. If it is running, please exit and try again. (507:507)", and instead of the prview I get an internet explorer style "This program cannot display the webpage" page.
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