Eclipse: How to disable welcome screen?

Question

I get an annoying welcome screen whenever I start eclipse. How can I get it to skip the welcome and go straight to the workbench when I start it?

Answer 1

The welcome screen is displayed whenever you first open eclipse with a new workspace. Once you close the welcome screen, this is noted in the workspace, and on a restart of eclipse with the same workspace, you will not see it again until you either use the menu Help/Welcome or switch to a new workspace.

Note that you may have to really close the Welcome screen via the 'x' in its title tab; not just hide or minimize it.