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Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen (All Windows)
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Sick of seeing the Outlook Express splash screen every time you open the program? This settings will allow you to remove it.

Open your registry and create a new value called 'NoSplash' in the key below.

Change the value to equal '1' to disable the splash screen.

Exit the registry and restart Outlook Express.

Note: For Outlook 4.0 and below the key is [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|NoSplashREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
-
|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Unique Identity}\Software\Microsoft\Outloo...|
-

Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Unique Identity}\Software\Microsoft\
Outlook Express\5.0]

Name: NoSplash
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: 1 = no splash screen, 0 = splash screen

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: September 23, 2002

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