Is there a way to get rid of that annoying welcome page when you start the IDE ?
With some former versions you could have done it through the registry but I can find it for Rio. Tried renaming the folder 'welcome page' to something else but then I get the error - page not found. Is there a way to avoid this and just simply get rid of it ?
This is actually Dave's Nottage suggestion which works quite well without having to meddle with the registry. If he wants he can post the answer. (In the bin folder of Delphi (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\bin for Rio), rename startpageide260.bpl to something else – Dave Nottage ) Example :
Simple way of doing things :"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\bin\bds.exe" -np -ns
-NP This removes Welcome Page. -NS This removes Starting screen.
Putting an underscore in front of the package description stills works here.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Known IDE Packages
Instead of remove it, you could edit the \Welcomepage\en\default.htm and \Welcomepage\css\styles_light.css files to show something more helpful. In mine, I removed the "Get Started", "Upcoming Events" and "YouTube Videos" panels, increased the size of favorites panel, and some other things.
As already mentioned in answers, simply edit shortcut and add -np switch so it looks like following:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\bin\bds.exe" -pDelphi **-np**
You will no more have Welcome screen.