Visual Studio 2005: How To Disable the Splash Screen

Contributed by shamanstears November 7, 2006  
Tagged: Web application programming

You can shorten start up time for Visual Studio by disabling the splash screen that comes up each time you run the application. To disable it, follow this Tech-Recipe.

1. Right-click on the shortcut for Visual Studio 2005

2. Select Properties

3. In the Target text box after devenv.exe”, add one space and type in /nosplash.

4. Click OK.