Adobe Acrobat 8.0 & 9.0 uninstall-install issues

I had Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.0, and tried to upgrade to 9.0. Well something went wrong with the uninstaller which left me with a corrupted 8.0 removal and a partially installed 9.0. So I can read PDF's I installed reader, but I'd like to know if there is a way to get rid of all folders and registry keys relating to Adobe Acrobat so I can do a clean install of 9.0.

I don't know a lot about the registry so I haven't started messing with anything. Is there a log of some sort I can generate and post for someone to look at and see if there is something in the registry that needs to be modified or removed?

Thanks!

 

Playing around in the registry makes me nervous, but I assume if I just delete all the adobe folders and files listed in the document the registry will wonder where everything went...Wish there was an easy way to just get ALL my adobe products off my computer so I can do a clean reinstall of them all. I have three major programs I use - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Acrobat Pro. None of them work anymore and I'm in limbo land.

Are there any uninstaller programs that will go through and remove traces of programs that are no longer on the computer?

 

Is Adobe necessary and can I remove it and how?

 

And why is it being asked in this thread?