Although I subsequently experienced difficulties with .pdf files, I battled on as they no longer seemed to 'hang' the pc. While the cpu would show 100% useage, under windows task manager, I was able to end the process and carry on then - which I previously hadn't been able to do.
On another
thread similar problems have been reported.
The suggestion by ExGrunt
here links to a solution on the Adobe site.
Once I deleted the temp files, my .pdf's seem to be opening again without causing the cpu to go to 100%. I was quite amazed at the number of temp files it deleted - seemed to take over a minute to delete them..!!
Worth a try.
(Thought I'd mention it here for those who may not have seen the newer thread)