Microsoft KB Archive/301618

= Visio2002: How to Suppress the Visio Startup Splash Screen When You Start Visio =

PSS ID Number: 301618

Article Last Modified on 6/25/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional

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This article was previously published under Q301618



For a Microsoft Visio 5.x version of this article, see 301613.

For a Microsoft Visio 2000 version of this article, see 301615.



SUMMARY
This article explains how to suppress the Microsoft Visio startup splash screen when you start Visio.

NOTE: This command-line switch also disables the Choose New Drawing Type and New Drawing task panes.



MORE INFORMATION
You can suppress the Visio startup splash screen when you start Visio by using a command-line switch. To do this, use either of the following methods.

NOTE: If you put the switch inside of the closing quotation mark in either of the following methods and then click OK, you receive the following error message:

Cannot find the file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10\Visio.exe /nologo' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and file name are correct and that all required libraries are available.

Method 1: Use the Run Command
To start Visio with the /nologo command-line switch from the Start menu, follow these steps:  Click Start, and then click Run. Click Browse. Navigate to the Visio program folder, click Visio.exe, and then click Open.NOTE:  

 The Visio.exe file is located in the following folder by default:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10

 The path to Visio.exe is enclosed within quotation marks.</li></ul> </li> Click the Open box, and then reposition the insertion point outside (to the right of) the closing quotation mark at the end of the path statement.</li> Type a space followed by the switch that you want to use.

For example, type the following in the Open box:

&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10\Visio.exe&quot; /nologo

</li></ol>

Method 2: Create a New Shortcut on the Windows Desktop
To start Visio with the /nologo command-line switch by using a new shortcut on your Microsoft Windows desktop, follow these steps: <ol> Right-click the Windows desktop.</li> On the shortcut menu that appears, point to New, and then click Shortcut.</li> In the Create Shortcut dialog box, click Browse.</li> Browse to and then click Visio.exe.

NOTE: The Visio.exe file can be found (by default) in the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10

</li> Click Open to close the Browse dialog box.</li> In the Create Shortcut dialog box, the Command line box should look similar to the following:

&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10\Visio.exe&quot;

</li> Click the Command line box, and then move the insertion point to the right of the closing quotation mark. Type a space, and then type /nologo.

The Command line box should now look similar to the following:

&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10\Visio.exe&quot; /nologo

</li> In the Create Shortcut dialog box, click Next.</li> In the Select a name for the shortcut box, type the name that you want for your new Visio shortcut, and then click Finish.</li></ol>

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