Bug 374368 - Unchecking "Show splash screen at startup" causes no window to display at launch
Summary: Unchecking "Show splash screen at startup" causes no window to display at launch
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: ProgressManager-Splashscreen (show other bugs)
Version: 5.4.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2016-12-31 00:38 UTC by Bill Goodman
Modified: 2022-02-05 12:59 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Latest Commit: https://commits.kde.org/digikam/d62aa46f066be708306df1ed9714e2f7b5f715ef
Version Fixed In: 5.5.0
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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