Can I start Outlook 2010 without a splash screen?

Question

So the new Office 2010 beta is out. Can I start Outlook 2010 without the fancy splash screen? Is there some command line argument I can pass? Some registry flag I can set?

Answer 1

I don't see one documented anywhere for Outlook 2007 unfortunately, not even on their switches page. Microsoft uses various switches to disable the logo on other products, /q, /nologo, /e, /splash -- none of which seem to work with Outlook. The only registry one I know of for Outlook was for Outlook Express 5, which was NoSplash in the registry as a DWORD. Doesn't seem to work either.

Answer 2

just add /q to the shortcut target and there you are

Answer 3

You can use SplashKiller

It's working for Office XP and 2003. I hope it works for Office 2007!

SplashKiller lets you hide those splash screens that appear when an application is loading.

It saves you from having to:

1. Find a 'no splash screen' option (if one exists) in the application.
2. Modify your registry to turn off a splash screen.
3. Hack the application itself to remove the splash screen.

Answer 4

I'd like to disable the splash screen too. Running on a netbook, I don't want to waste precious CPU cycles with fancy animations on a splash screen ... I'd prefer to be able to launch an internet browser rather than stare at an animated yellow wave.

I'm not convinced that SplashKiller is the right answer - that sounds to me like it would mean having another application running which rather defeats the purpose of streamlining and speeding everything up.