Cannot delete pages after saving a PDF in X Pro

I am on Windows 7 and Adobe Acrobat XPro. Every time I try to delete pages in any PDF after saving I get the error message "one or more pages are in use and could not be deleted". the work around is to close the file and then reopen. Then you can delete the pages. It is annoying to have to shut and reopen the file everytime after making a change. Is there a fix to this?

Have you tried Help > Check for updates (in Acrobat)?
That very annoying problem is fixed in XI. I seem to recall it could be fixed by updating X, but I could be mistaken. Please report back.

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