2 things:

In PP2014, go to Edit>General Preferences> Library, and tick the External box under Launch Behavior; this may allow the external Adobe Air library to run.

 

The root cause is likely the Windows update that installed Internet Explorer 11.  Go to System Restore and Restore the system to the restore point before the last batch of Windows Updates.  Then install this to keep Automatic Updates from installing IE11...

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40722

 

The other updates cause no problems, so they should be installed...

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