Bug 374368

Summary:	Unchecking "Show splash screen at startup" causes no window to display at launch
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Bill Goodman <bg+kdex>
Component:	ProgressManager-Splashscreen	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	critical	CC:	caulier.gilles, jst.hl
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/digikam/d62aa46f066be708306df1ed9714e2f7b5f715ef	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	5.5.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Bill Goodman 2016-12-31 00:38:54 UTC

Unchecking the "Show splash screen at startup" option causes digiKam to display no window at all on next launch.

Install After clean installation of digiKam-5.4.0-01-Win64.exe on Windows 10 version 1607, u
To reproduce:
1) Install digiKam-5.4.0-01-Win64.exe on Windows 10 version 1607.

2) Launch and select all default options.

3) In Settings > Configure digiKam > Miscellaneous, uncheck "Show splash screen at startup".

4) Click "OK".

5) Quit and relaunch digiKam.

Task Manager shows a digikam.exe process but no window ever appears on desktop.

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2017-02-04 21:02:19 UTC

Git commit d62aa46f066be708306df1ed9714e2f7b5f715ef by Maik Qualmann.
Committed on 04/02/2017 at 21:01.
Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'.

fix digiKam start if splash screen disabled under Windows
FIXED-IN: 5.5.0

M  +2    -1    NEWS
M  +5    -0    app/main/digikamapp.cpp

https://commits.kde.org/digikam/d62aa46f066be708306df1ed9714e2f7b5f715ef