If you’re like most people, you use your portable Firefox browser to check your email, surf the web, and read your favorite blogs while on the go. But what if you want to use the full power of Firefox without having to wait for it to load each time? You can disable the splash screen in Portable Firefox (and other portable apps) by following these simple steps:

  1. Open Firefox and click on the menu button (three lines in a row at the top right of the window).
  2. Click on “Options.”
  3. Under “General,” click on “Show splash screen when starting.”
  4. Click on “OK” to save your changes. ..

In this example we are using Portable Apps version 1.6.1.

Disable Splash Screen in Portable Firefox 

To disable the Splash Screen, open up Computer and double-click on your flash drive containing PortableApps.

 

Now browse to the following location…

In this directory you’ll find the file FirefoxPortable.ini. Open this file with Notepad…

This ini file should look similar to the shot below. By default, the line DisableSplashScreen=False … we just need to change False to True.

Then make sure to save the change…

Now copy the FirefoxPortable.ini file we just edited.

Then go back to the main directory PortableApps \ FirefoxPortable and paste it there.

That is all there is to it! Now when you launch Portable Firefox, you won’t have to wait while the Splash Screen displays before you can start using it.

If you ever want to revert back to having the Splash Screen display, all you’ll need to do is delete FirefoxPortable.ini from PortableApps \ FirefoxPortable.

The process is essentially the same in other PortableApps as well. Just follow the steps shown above. For example here we’re disabling the Splash Screen from KeePassPortable by going into the thumb drive PortableApps \ KeePassPortable \ Other \ Source and changing the KeePassPortable.ini file for DisableSplashScreen to equal True. Save it…

Then copy it to the main KeePassPortable directory…

If you are annoyed by having to see the Splash Screen every time you launch a portable app, following these steps rids the annoyance!

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