How do I remove the Tools Pane Permanently in Adobe Reader DC?

I have just installed Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 2015 Release and it has a very annoying
bug/feature that I don't like.
I have to keep removing the Tools Pane using using SHIFT+F4 every time.
Is there a way to make this pane dissapear permanently by making this setting stick?
This hasn't been a problem in previous versions of Adobe Reader.
Please tell me how to remove this annoying pane or issue an update to make this setting stick when opening PDFs.
Thanks in advance.

Hey Huh,
to disable the right pane, you can follow the answer from tmmcentyre  https://forums.adobe.com/message/7472578#7472578 or the answer from HHugo https://forums.adobe.com/message/7544218#7544218
The problem with both workarounds is, if you click on "Home" or "Tools" on the toolbar, you can't go back to "Document."
With tmmcentyres workaround you lose some more features too.
To fix this follow HHugos workaround, but keep the last line form the file too.
So edit the "Viewer.aapp" file located in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\".
Here remove line 2 till 8:
<Layouts>
    <Layout name="Default">
        <RHP>
            <Component name="AppShortcutListView" type="Custom"/>
        </RHP>
    </Layout>
</Layouts>
So the content of the file is only:
<Application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/acrobat/app/2014" title="Viewer" id="Viewer" majorVersion="1" requiresDoc="true" minorVersion="0">
</Application>
Now the right pane should be closed if you open a .pdf file. You can switch between "Home", "Tools" and "Document" without issues and the remaining features should work as intended also.

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