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Get Rid of the Splash Screen

4 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
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Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  11/5/2010
Code:  vstipEnv0046

 

Does the splash screen make you angry?

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Did you know you can suppress it?  Just go to the properties of your Visual Studio program icon:

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Then click on the Shortcut tab:

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And add "/nosplash" to the end of the Target area:

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Now, when you run Visual Studio, it will not show the splash screen anymore.  Problem solved!

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  • Hugo
    4 Nov 2010 4:57 AM

    Is there a way to regenerate the splash screen? I installed VS2010 on a 64 bit install of Windows 7, so when VS2010 went to read the RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization keys under "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", with it being a 32 bit process, it actually got to "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", which held the values "Microsoft" for both keys, despite being correct in the "native" keys.

    So now my VS2010 splash screen says "Microsoft/Microsoft" (defaults in the Wow6432Node entries) where yours shows "zain/Microsoft", but I would like to see my own name when I start VS2010.

  • bob
    4 Nov 2010 5:35 AM

    > Does the splash screen make you angry?

    No.  Should it?

  • 4 Nov 2010 6:18 AM

    @hugo -- let me see what I can find out.

    @bob -- you would be suprised there are some people who just hate the splash screen and have an irrational fear of hamsters...

  • 4 Nov 2010 6:41 AM

    @hugo -- one of the coolest guys I know, John Robbins, has a blog post on how to change this info here:

    www.wintellect.com/.../changing-the-visual-studio-splash-screen-registered-user.aspx

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