Pro subscription expired and I can't read PDFs w/o signin

[Kathy 444]

How can I downgrade to normal simple Adobe Reader so I can open PDFs without all the Adobe Baggage showing up?  Right now it wants me to sign in to a non-existent account (or create one) just to read a PDF. 

The subscription ended many months ago. I think a recent auto update made matters worse.     Not sure. I dont use this laptop often.   My current version is:

Windows 10.

[Kathy 444]

I went to uninstall adobe and just start from scratch, but interestingly there were TWO there, both installed on 7/14 same version #.   One said Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and the other one said Adobe Acrobat DC.   I uninstalled the non-reader one.   System seems okay now although my first open did spit out some error about fonts but it is not persistent.

Why did this happen?   Obviously, one Adobe is more than enough.

[try67]

The two versions are the same application now. If you have a valid subscription it will load as Acrobat DC. If not, it will default as the free Reader DC.

[Kathy 444]

Except it didn't,  as I couldn't open ANY pdf file in the state it was in     Maybe it needed a reboot???   If so, that's pathetic.

Thank you.