Splash Screen Removal

[mac]

You edit the Registry at your own risk!

If you are unsure, leave it alone or get someone to do it for you?

Close Windows Mail.
Start>Run>type regedit>OK>navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail
in the right hand pane>right click a blank area>New>DWORD (pertaining to
your version 32 or 64 bit)>type NoSplash>hit enter>right click on the added
NoSplash>Modify>give it a value of 1.
Exit regedit>open Windows Mail and no splash screen.

 

[Julian]

You edit the Registry at your own risk!

If you are unsure, leave it alone or get someone to do it for you?

Close Windows Mail.
Start>Run>type regedit>OK>navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail
in the right hand pane>right click a blank area>New>DWORD (pertaining to
your version 32 or 64 bit)>type NoSplash>hit enter>right click on the
added NoSplash>Modify>give it a value of 1.
Exit regedit>open Windows Mail and no splash screen.

Perfect.

Incidentally didn't there used to be a tool in Regedit
to take and restore backups of the registry or am I
confusing Regedit with an alternative?

 

[Tom Lake]

Incidentally didn't there used to be a tool in Regedit

to take and restore backups of the registry or am I
confusing Regedit with an alternative?

All versions of Regedit allow Export to a file which can be used
to restore the registry later.

Tom Lake