Delphi 2010 - hide welcome page

Question

Does anybody know how can i disable welcome page without using the < -np > command line option, its very the annoying and blocks the IDE for a few seconds on each start,

Answer 1

Easier, rename Bin\startpageideXXX.bpl and it won't ever show the welcome page again. Rename it back to reactivate. No registry needed.

Tested with latest Rad Studio XE as well.

Answer 2

You already know the answer to this, use the -np command line option. Simply change your file association for .dproj, .groupproj, .dpr etc. to include this option and it's all good!

Answer 3

You can disable it in the registry: under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CodeGear\BDS\7.0\Known IDE Packages, find the entry named $(BDS)\Bin\startpageide140.bpl and modify the value by prepending an underscore (so it looks like '_Borland Start Page IDE Package'). You can re-enable it later by removing the underscore.