PSP 2022: How to hide tutorials in central area after start?

[Jean-Luc]

Hi, Sandy
could you post a screen capture of your screen?
Here is mine:

[LeviFiction]

Here is a quick video of what I'm seeing - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lV8XvU ... sp=sharing

When full screen and PSP matching 1920x1080 the tutorial thumbnails show up no matter what I do. But if I shrink PSP down to a height below 821 pixels, and turn on the organizer and set the organizer to auto-hide, the thunbnails disappear. You can see me stretch the window to make them come back.

[Jean-Luc]

When full screen and PSP matching 1920x1080 the tutorial thumbnails show up no matter what I do.

The difference between your screen and mine is the native resolution.
I'm working with a 1920x1080 screen (laptop) and you are working with a bigger screen (4K?).
I cannot make the thumbnails disappear when resizing down the PSP window.

[LeviFiction]

To be clear: My native screen resolution is 1920x1080. In that video I start out full screen, so PSP is at 1920x1080. Then I go to my standard size for PSP which is 1240x736. It's at this point that, for me, the bug works. I open the organizer palette, I turn on auto-hide and the tutorials disappear. I then stretch PSP to get beyond 820 pixels tall and the tutorials come back. It's a rendering bug, so exactly why it's happening at these sizes I don't know.

[Jean-Luc]

Ok. I understand.
But trying your exact steps doesn't produce the disappearing on my side.

While testing I observed the following:

[Jean-Luc]

I answer to myself: it seems that this setting is "by design". It exists in all the versions. When the Organizer is not checked and you click on it in the submenu, it is displayed for a short time and then disappears (and stays unchecked).

[mappergurl]

Programming newbie here!

I downloaded 'strings.exe' and see the text strings to place in a text file but don't know how to put this all together.

Can one of the previous posters to this topic please give exact specific instructions as to how use the files in the folder named 'psp2022 How to hide tutorials in central area after start'

I'm using PSP2023 Ultimate (64bit).
-mappergurl

[Radim]

Programming newbie here!
I downloaded 'strings.exe' and see the text strings to place in a text file but don't know how to put this all together.
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Steps are simple:
1. download strings64.exe from .ZIP archive here: https://learn.microsoft.com/sk-sk/sysin ... ds/strings
2. copy file Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll from installation of PaintShop Pro 2022 (2023). Put both files together.
Path:

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C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 (64-bit)\Languages\EN\Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll
or
C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2023 (64-bit)\Languages\EN\Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll

3. Run command:

strings64.exe -o -u "Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll" > all_utf8_strings.txt

4. Open file all_utf8_strings.txt in Notepad or so and find lines with texts from central UI of PSP, when program runs (see #1 attachment image). Keep only those 8 lines.
Example what I get for PSP 2022 v24.1.0.60, with "Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll" version 24.1.0.60:

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1976734:Workspaces
1976828:AI Portrait Mode
1976862:Replace Background
1976900:AI Style Transfer
1976956:Frame Tool
1976978:Layers
1976996:Selection
1977016:Video Tutorials

5. Open up file Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll in any binary editor, I used a free PSPad editor, http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php (see #2 attachment image).
And go to all eight positions, in PSPad editor press hotkey Ctrl+G.
At each position enter zeros (character 0) to replace whole string with "empty" string. Example of the first string: before (see #3 attachment image) and after (see #4 attachment image).
Do it 8x.

6. Make a backup off 8 original PNG files and replace all PNG files with transparent one from here: https://forum.corel.com/viewtopic.php?p=389929#p389929 in folder:

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C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 (64-bit)\Data\X1\LaunchPrompt
or
C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2023 (64-bit)\Data\X1\LaunchPrompt

7. Make backup of file Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll on path in step 2. Replace it with a new one. DONE.

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[mappergurl]

Thanks Radim, for your very complete steps
Much appreciated!

I just upgraded to PSP 2023 from PSP 2021 and was surprised and disappointed at the 'mandatory' opening screen Tutorial grid that Corel seems to feel necessary.

2nd irritation that I have to drill into killing is Corel's persistent 'Special Offers' popups. In the previous versions I was able to so that through some setting or registry entry I believe.

Warm Cheers for the upcoming holidays.

[Ken Berry]

The main (only?) ways of controlling pop-up messages is:

1) In each Corel program, go to Help > Message Preferences and untick the two options shown there, and also make sure the message is showing "Do not show me tray messages".

2) I regularly go to C:\ProgramData\Corel\Messages and delete anything there. I also regularly go to C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Roaming\Corel\Messages. This builds up rapidly with a lot of folders every time you ever open a Corel program -- and I don't just mean PSP -- and is worth checking even if you have unticked things in Help > Message Preferences.

[mappergurl]

Thanks Ken for that tip! This deeper controlling of irritating PSP behaviours are all coming back to me now from my previous battles with "User vs. Corel" project mgmt coding decisions.

[mappergurl]

Radim,
I successfully now have a visually clean opening screen! (The PSP 2023 Corel PaintShop ProRC.dll does have come additional occurrences of 'Tutorial' text; just had to search for those strings which were still appearing on screen and hex Zeroed them out).

Now I'm asking a lot but it would be nice to get rid of the clickable 'hot' spots still remaining on the screen, has anyone found a way to to eliminate those?

Why can't we just have a nice clean opening screen without this enforced behavior!...but I know that's pitting us against the current build coding that Corel has baked into PSP2023.

-mappergurl

[Radim]

Now I'm asking a lot but it would be nice to get rid of the clickable 'hot' spots still remaining on the screen, has anyone found a way to to eliminate those?
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Similar story.

First look what a clicks on those 8 links do. They simply open, in 7 cases single image according your UI language from path (let's assume: PaintShop Pro 2022 & English UI):

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C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 (64-bit)\Data\Tutorials

Those 7 JPEG images:

• en_co_artificial_intelligence.jpg

• en_co_background_replacement.jpg

• en_co_frames.jpg

• en_co_layers.jpg

• en_co_portrait_mode.jpg

• en_co_selection.jpg

• en_co_workspace.jpg

Eight link "Video Totorials" open URL. Something like:

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https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/learn/...

If this behaviour is not acceptable you can block opening of those 7 images. With last URL ... sorry, I am not cappable offer a simple sollution.
To make it you do the same steps as here: https://forum.corel.com/viewtopic.php?p=401594#p401594 but with a file Corel PaintShop Pro.exe, path:

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C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 (64-bit)\Corel PaintShop Pro.exe

You search for each image name (without lang part "en") as "_co_artificial_intelligence.jpg". See image #1 below. Edit a binary file Corel PaintShop Pro.exe, make backup before replace.

So now, after click you stay on empty start screen. DONE.

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Why can't we just have a nice clean opening screen without this enforced behavior!
...

I hope, Mr. Lin can be inspired to do somethink...

[mappergurl]

Radim,
So to be clear:
Are you saying that I use strings.exe to identify those LaunchPrompt and Tutorial lines in the main Corel PaintShop Pro.exe executable and then zero them out with the binary editor ?
Cheers,
-mappergurl

[Radim]

Yes, the principle is the same as before.