How do I stop tools pane and bookmark pane from opening when I open a document

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January 19, 2022
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I find that recently all my pdf documents that I open open with the bookmark and tools pane visible. I do not want this and as I open multiple documents at a time it is making my working life very difficult.

I have noted that previous advice was to open the document, close the bookmark pane and the tools pane. The advice is then to go to Preferences/documents and to tick the box "Remember current state of tools pane" then close Adobe Reader and start up again. I have done this numerous times and it does not work.

Please help me someone

Many thanks in advance

General troubleshooting

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try67

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Does this happen with all files or just those from a specific provider? It's possible the files have a setting (or even a script) that opens the Bookmark pane, although not the Tools pane. If you share a sample file with us we could let you know if that's the case.