Optimize the launch of the Visual Studio 2005

Disable "Start Page".
1. Go to Tools | Options.
2. In Environment | Startup section, change At startup setting to Show empty environment.
Disable splash screen.
1. Open the properties of Visual Studio 2005 shortcut.
2. Add the parameter /nosplash to the target.
Close all unnecessary panels/tabs to prevent them from appearing when the IDE loads.

9/9/2007

Comments:

The nosplash does not work in the target

Irritated at wrong tips 11/13/2007 8:50:35 AM

Did you enclose path to devenv.exe in quotes? It should be something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /nosplash

kostya.ly 11/13/2007 12:31:56 PM

tried this with "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /nosplash , "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe\nosplash" - it didn't let me apply changes , so...

adriana 4/26/2010 1:35:58 PM

Very good! I like this! :)

Riderman 5/26/2010 12:33:57 AM

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