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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apr 6, 2005&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rudi Wells&lt;/em&gt; shares this tip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To start MicroStation a wee bit faster, turn off the splash screen at the system level. To do this, go to &lt;em&gt;Control Panel &amp;gt; System &amp;gt; Advanced &amp;gt; Environmental Variables&lt;/em&gt; and set &lt;em&gt;MS_NOSPLASH = 1&lt;/em&gt; as shown in the video below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What&amp;#39;s neat about doing this, is that it works on all instances/versions of MicroStation that are installed on your machine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Related Link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/right-click-on-element-to-open-another-instance-of-microstation.aspx"&gt;Right Click On Element To Open Another Instance Of MicroStation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Start MicroStation Without The Splash Screen</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/761/start-microstation-without-the-splash-screen/revision/2</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:58:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9afdba40-77ab-4fb8-b260-7b72c265b279</guid><dc:creator>Nicholas Fuschino</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/761/start-microstation-without-the-splash-screen#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Nicholas Fuschino on 6/18/2008 4:58:26 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apr 6, 2005&lt;/em&gt; 
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			&lt;td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rudi Wells&lt;/em&gt; shares this tip:&lt;br /&gt;
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			To start MicroStation a wee bit faster, turn off the splash screen at the system level. To do this, go to &lt;em&gt;Control Panel &amp;gt; System &amp;gt; Advanced &amp;gt; Environmental Variables&lt;/em&gt; and set &lt;em&gt;MS_NOSPLASH = 1&lt;/em&gt; as shown in the video below.&lt;br /&gt;
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			What's neat about doing this, is that it works on all instances/versions of MicroStation that are installed on your machine.&lt;br /&gt;
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			Related Link:&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/right-click-on-element-to-open-another-instance-of-microstation.aspx"&gt;Right Click On Element To Open Another Instance Of MicroStation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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AskInga Tip #513
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</description></item><item><title>Start MicroStation Without The Splash Screen</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/761/start-microstation-without-the-splash-screen/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:57:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9afdba40-77ab-4fb8-b260-7b72c265b279</guid><dc:creator>Nicholas Fuschino</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/761/start-microstation-without-the-splash-screen#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Nicholas Fuschino on 6/18/2008 4:57:26 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apr 7, 2005&lt;/em&gt;
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			&lt;td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rudi Wells&lt;/em&gt; shares this tip:&lt;br /&gt;
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			To start MicroStation a wee bit faster, turn off the splash screen at the system level. To do this, go to &lt;em&gt;Control Panel &amp;gt; System &amp;gt; Advanced &amp;gt; Environmental Variables&lt;/em&gt; and set &lt;em&gt;MS_NOSPLASH = 1&lt;/em&gt; as shown in the video below.&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;br /&gt;
			What's neat about doing this, is that it works on all instances/versions of MicroStation that are installed on your machine.&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;br /&gt;
			Related Link:&lt;br /&gt;
			[[Right click on element to open another instance of MicroStation]]&lt;/td&gt;
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AskInga Tip #521
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