Uninstall Reader XI

Adobe Reader on my PC points to a network drive that no longer exists. I would like to install reader standalone on my machine but when I download the file for a new installation it thinks I am trying to update the old one.... and then the installation fails because it attempts to update the installation on the network drive which no longer exists. (I have seen claims on various help sites that the installation process gives me the opportunity to install it in a new location, but it's never done that for me.) I can't uninstall via add/remove programs because, again, it tries to uninstall it from the network drive that is gone. I've tried uninstall programs like REVO uninstaller and, again it tries to uninstall from the location that no longer exists. I've manually gone in and deleted every adobe program folder I can find and manually cleaned out the registry but my computer just won't forget that it had Reader installed and had it installed on this network drive.
Any ideas on how I can fix this? I've been at this for 3 hours and I'm about to gnaw my own leg off in anger/frustation.
I'm running XP 2002 with Service Pack 3, Adobe Reader XI
Thanks!

Have you tried using cleaner?
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html

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