Why won't my adobe reader update work right? it won't take my password

My adobe reader update keeps flashing but every time i click on it and put in my password it hangs up at 97%..I tried it several times:))

I have been looking at this most of the day. What I found was any time "TOOLS" or one of the online buttons are clicked or the toolbar on the right that allows you to convert a pdf to word or digitally sign is open reader closes. If you can get that to stay closed reader will open. And again no explanation. No event log. Nothing. If the user is an admin it might work but for a standard user is just closes.
Reader 11.0.3
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
Disabled protected mode and that did not help.
This started to happen just after the last adobe and Windows update on May 14 (patch Tuesday)

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