Annoying splash screen

[delboy007]

Please remove the annoying splash screen when I open videostudio. It locks my desktop so I can't do anything while it is opening.

[lata]

Hi

We do not work for Corel and I guess they will not read this post, contact Corel Support to explain the problem, maybe they can reduce the size in future versions.

However Asik replied to a post explaining a workround -- here

http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... 60#p344522

[delboy007]

same issue different version and the workaround still doesn't work. I would hope after an upgrade that Corel would have stopped this practice.

It doesn't matter how big the splash screen is, the developer has configured it to lock my computer until the splash screen has gone

[rjkok67]

In VS10, I went into the program installation folder and deleted all files pertaining to (splash screen) in the name and that eleminated my splash screen.
In VS 2018 I took away the splash screen in a more professional way; one of the files in program folder is (splashscreen configuration settings) I changed 2 or 3 settings to -0-(zero)
and that eleminated my splash screen see attached photo. the reason I did this was because the splashscreens were causing delays in program startup at tim es.

[Ken Berry]

Thanks for that rjkok67. It certainly works. And it is useful since asik's fix does not work for me with VS 2018 -- though it worked with previous versions. The problem with 2018 for me is that the 21.0 folder in C:\Users\[MyName]\AppData\Roaming\Ulead Systems\Corel VideoStudio Pro (x64) does not contain an en-US folder as 20.0 and preceding versions do. Nor does it contain, as far as I can see, anything else relating to configuration of the splash screen.

[delboy007]

Brilliant !!! Works like a dream and loads much faster.


I contacted support and this is what they said:

"Sorry for the trouble you are facing. But splash screen is the default feature in the software where you can see the software new update. However for sure I will highlight your concern to our development team."

Maybe someone else can make some sense of that cause I can't.

I really like this software but Corel's hard sell I think is outrageous. I wasted an hour in the last version getting rid of ads that kept popping up in the system tray and elsewhere. You expect that kind of thing if it is free or trialware but not when you have paid for a licence. When I finally go rid of them I still had to look at a sales nag screen for the new version every time I opened the program.

[canuck]

I don't know what ads popping up in the system tray you are talking about - I have never seen any

[delboy007]

Then you are very lucky. It was in version X10. I had to contact support who gave me the details below . Then I had to get back to them again because there was another popup somewhere else. It wasn't even just for videostudio updates. They were trying to sell me their other products. It was acting like malware in my system tray.

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Open up a run prompt by holding down the windows key on your keyboard + the letter "r"

2. Type Taskschd.msc and press ok.

3. Once the Task Scheduler app appears highlight the Task Scheduler Library Folder towards the top left.

4. The box on the right will show you what programs have scheduled tasks.
5. Locate the CorelUpdateHelperTaskCore task and right click on it.

6. Choose disable.
7. Close the window.

[faizoro]

I find the easiest way to get rid of the splash screen is to rename the SplashScreen.ini file to SplashScreen.ini.bak (which makes it inaccessible to the software which wont be able to find the renamed file)

I chose to rename the file rather than delete it in case a future software update might cause the absent file to throw an error (though unlikely). That way I can replace it if I need to. Sort of my hippocratic way of touching computers.

[asik1]

But does this realy make VS faster to load?

[delboy007]

It is not the speed of loading that is the problem it is that the splashscreen can't be minimized or closed, with no splashscreen I can at least get on with something else while I wait for it to load.

[RickMen]

Thanks rjkok67, it worked for me.

[delboy007]

Yes it does work but the question is should having paid for a product should we have to go mess around like this. We have to disable the splash screen, then disable the outrageous system tray adverts for new versions and even after all that every single time I open the program the default page is yet another advert pushing me to upgrade. I asked support how to get rid of that and got no reply. I don't know of any other software that behaves in this way.

[asik1]

Yes it does work but the question is should having paid for a product should we have to go mess around like this. We have to disable the splash screen, then disable the outrageous system tray adverts for new versions and even after all that every single time I open the program the default page is yet another advert pushing me to upgrade. I asked support how to get rid of that and got no reply. I don't know of any other software that behaves in this way.

DelBoy, it's a 60$ software, they have to make a buck. you want less annoyances go for 300$ one...there will be other annoyances

[delboy007]

Price has nothing to do with it. I don't know of any other software including free and those costing less than $60 that behave like this. Most companies ask if I want to be advised of new releases regardless of the price of their product
And as planting popup adverts in my system tray without permission how can that be reasonable ? Imagine what the system tray would be like if all software did that ?