How to disable the welcome screen?

Dr Missile,

You have no idea how many times I have asked myself why I did not do that, especially when Adobe introduces their updates lol.

I started off my hobbyist adventures with Adobe on a CS4 Web bundle, then CS5 Web bundle.

Creative Cloud (CC) does expose users of one app to other apps and open up possibilities of using applications that one might not get when using CS.

I cannot say that my experience with CC has been a "smooth sailing", but this is often a challenge of the hobbyist, in the long run though paying the

subscription I believe will eventually become too much so perhaps I should invest in CS for the future.

CC woes consistently occur when Adobe releases updates to the applications; and it seems nearly every time they managed to introduce "niggly" little annoyances.

Did they inform the user about how to disable the `Welcome Screen`in the "what`s new" section?

To tell you the truth I do not know, because I do not usually read them as all I want to do is use the app. This I admit might be a user fault.

Adobe though, must take some of the responsibility as it is their product and they should ensure updates do NOT introduce the "nigglies".

If a "niggly" raises it's ugly head (see by feedback on forums such as here) Adobe should input a patch to inform users about how to

put the little critter to bed lol.

We have to be wary of forums though, because for the most part people often only use them when they find themselves with an issue

and come looking for help when they have already become irritated.

These particular forums have a wealth of knowledge that users share.

I wish you a day without the "nigglies"

Are you kidding? I had to run a Javascript to disable this new "feature?" You really need to fix that.

FWIW, I'm a paid subscriber running the latest PS CC 2014 on Mavericks. The "do not show" checkbox showed up just fine-- but checking it had no effect whatsoever.

The script worked, but you shouldn't have released this new "feature" until you made sure that checkbox actually worked properly (let alone show up in many cases).

@adobejerksarejerks

There are actually different causes of problems across different people.  That's why some solutions work for some and not for others.  Our latest discovery is that some "odd" characters in the names of Recent Files can cause the Welcome screen to hang.  That's why Clearing the Recent File list temporarily fixes the problem.

You mention that you don't see the "Don't Show Welcome screen Again" checkbox.  Are you sure you've scrolled down to the footer of the New Features, Getting Started, or Tips & Techniques panels?  Note that Mac OS X doesn't show scrollbars by default, so you may not have realized that you have to scroll down in these panels.

Mark

Please note, removing required files will likely cause problems and result in errors installing future updates.

After the window populates (which took about 20 minutes on my 4GHz i7 with 32GB of RAM), you need to scroll down about 2-3 page heights- The "Do Not Show" checkbox is NOT part of the window, it's part of the content! Uncheck that and it shouldn't come back. It hasn't returned for me unless I specifically choose to show it from the menu (DON'T DO THAT- IT TAKES ANOTHER 20 MINUTES TO LOAD AGAIN).

The do not show again check box isn't available in the Create tab. Click on one of the other tabs: New Features, Getting Started or Tips & Techniques - and scroll down to see it.