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I don't want the ArcMap "Getting Started" dialog to appear after arcmap starts up.

I have a login form in my Extension and after login I set a proper MXD for the user. So I don't want the "Getting Started" dialog to appear.

Has anyone done this task?

Kirk Kuykendall
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asked Nov 22, 2018 at 15:59

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Wether or not this window is shown is determined by a registry value.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESRI\Desktop10.4\ArcMap\Settings\GettingStarted
ShowStartup: DWORD:0

(The version may be different on your system)

You could try to set this value to 0 in your extensions Startup() method. If that's early enough I don't know. If not, maybe you could find another way to change the value.

Or perhaps you could instruct your users to start (double-click) the mxd instead of ArcMap. This will also skip the Getting Started dialog.

answered Nov 22, 2018 at 16:19

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