Open Adobe Reader without Tools menu or Fill & Sign menu

Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 (x64)
Adobe Reader XI 11.0.10
When I open a PDF file, I often get a menu down the right side of the Adobe Reader window.  Usually, it is the Tools menu; but if the PDF file is a fill-in form, I get the Fill & Sign Tools menu.  Rarely do I need these menus.  Is there an option to launch Adobe Reader without these menus? 

We ended up finding a registry key which forces this menu to come up each time:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\11.0\AVGeneral]
“bBrowserDisplayInReadMode”=dword:00000000

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