Remove "open recent file" screen on startup Acrobat X

When I start Adobe Acrobat X, it opens the splash screen "open a recent file". This is very annoying, because when you use Outlook, and choose to print a PDF document, it opens Acrobat X, it prints, but Acrobat X does not close from itself. I have to do it manually. So when I have to print several PDF documents from Outlook, I need to close every Acrobat X app, so the next document will print. Acrobat 9 did it automatically.
Is there a solution, or a registry tweak, to remove the "open a recent file" screen?
Kind regards

Had a user call me today after installing an Adobe update:
"Whenever my boss prints from Outlook now, his PDF's go into some Adobe "recent" queue...."
Huh? I go to check it out. It's the same issue that people are complaining about here.
I asked his secretary: "Did you get an update?".
"No"
She clicks on the Adobe X icon: Please wait while update is applied...
Up pops this "new and improved" recent screen.
Then I ask her to print a PDF attachment. Same issue as BravoBE.
I can see this confusing A LOT of people. My secretary didn't realize she could still click the menu bar when this "recent" screen was up.
Can you please give us an option to turn this off?
And can anyone supply me with a link to get back to Reader 9?
//edit//
Found it for anyone else looking:
http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
//edit//
Of course I (the IT Manager) have Acrobat 8 Pro so I will hopefully not have this issue.

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