Visio 2007: Disable the Splash Screen

Contributed by shamanstears March 1, 2007  
Tagged: Microsoft Office

If you would rather not have to see the Visio splash screen each and every time you run the application, follow these steps to get around it:

1. Right-click on the desktop.

2. Click New and select Shortcut.

3. Click the Browse button and go to the Visio executable (”C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\VISIO.EXE”).

4. After the full path and the end quotes, add one space and type in /nologo.

5. Click Next.

6. Type a name for the shortcut.

7. Click Finish.