Adobe Reader X: How to disable resource file locks of PDFs

Hi,
I develop PDFs using LaTeX tools, and like to view my PDFs with Adobe Reader X (I am currently using version 10.1.0.534) on Windows XP.
Unfortunately, I cannot compile my LaTeX documents using pdflatex (or otherwise) when the file these tools are trying to write to are open by Adobe Reader X, which appears to place a resource lock on open files.
Is there any configuration option to prevent the Reader X from placing a resource lock on files? It is frustrating to have to manually close and re-open the reader whenever I recompile my PDFs that I am resorting to other PDF readers, like Sumatra or Foxit, which don't place locks on PDFs they read.
I understand that the resource lock may be a solution for dealing with problems related to ActiveX components for IE, but I only use Chrome and Firefox, so this is an unneccessary and annoying behaviour.
Thanks in advance,
Ratzski

Thanks for your suggestion, but doing this (kind of thing... as I couldn't exactly follow your instructions as they aren't visible in Reader X 10.1) didn't work.
Can anyone else offer any suggestions?

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