Want to see a splash screen after you start Microsoft Flight Simulator? Tired of staring at the same intros over and over again wasting your time? I felt the same and now that the “press any key to continue” screen has been removed, I’ve created version 2 of FSJumpStarter2020.
Fire and forget!
Starts FS without intros
No installation required
Shows a Flight Simulator splash screen
FS window is focused automatically
Works on single and multi-monitor setup
Locale independent, all languages supported
Compatible with Steam and Microsoft Store version
Download FSJumpStarter2020 v2 from GitHub:
https://github.com/AmbitiousPilots/FSJumpStarter2020/releases
Download and launch to jump start Flight Simulator. No more intros and a splash screen that confirms Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is loading. Tested and working with the latest release of FS2020.
This version is the successor of [MOD] Start FS without waiting for “Press Any Key” screen.
Questions, remarks and feature requests are more than welcome!
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So nice thx a lot for this 
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Great app works perfectly with the “store” version I have.
One day MS and Osobo might let us configure this in their interface instead…
The only other option is to use a batch file. The one below is pretty fancy, but you can get away with just the:
cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch
Full credit to Pete & John Dowson’s Software where the batch file is included in the Release 7.0.9 of FSUIPC7
Fancy batch file…
Summary
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*@echo off &setlocal
:: remove CMD window
if not DEFINED IS_MINIMIZED set IS_MINIMIZED=1 && start “” /min “%~dpnx0” % && exit
:: MS Store Installation: start MSFS with FastLaunch
cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch
:: these variables will be expanded in the HTA code
:: duration and animated dots per second
set /a dur = 29
set /a adps = 3
:: width or height = 0 will set splash image to half your screen size
set /a width = 1119
set /a height = 746
:: image from MSFS web site
set “imageurl=https://msfs-cdn.azureedge.net/wp-content/themes/publishing/dist/images/desktop-hero_8711a4cf.jpg”
:: message displayed above image
set “waitmessage=Preparing the cabin
Please wait”
set “splash=%temp%\tmp.hta”
:: all lines beginning with min. 6 spaces are redirected into the HTA file >"%splash%" (type “%~f0”|findstr /bc:" ")
start mshta “%splash%”
exit
:: End Of Batch
MSFS 2020 Splash Screen
<hta:application
id="oHTA"
applicationname="MSFS 2020 Splash Screen"
border="thin"
borderstyle="normal"
caption="no"
contextmenu="yes"
icon=""
innerborder="no"
maximizebutton="no"
minimizebutton="no"
navigable="no"
scroll="no"
scrollflat="no"
selection="no"
showintaskbar="no"
singleinstance="yes"
sysmenu="no"
version="1.0"
windowstate="normal"
/>
<style type="text/css">
body {margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}
.splashscreen {position: relative;}
.ctext {
position: absolute;
top: 5%;
left: 55%;
text-align: left;
font-size: 2em;
font-family: "verdana";
color: orange;
}
</style>
<script type="text/jscript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
var oWSH=new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var i=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%dur%"));
var a=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%adps%"));
var w=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%width%"));
var h=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%height%"));
var s=oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%imageurl%");
var wm=oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%waitmessage%");
var wm1 = wm + " . ";
var wm2 = wm + " .. ";
var wm3 = wm + " ...";
if (w == 0) w = screen.width / 2;
if (h == 0) h = screen.height / 2;
window.resizeTo(w, h);
window.moveTo(screen.width / 2 - w / 2, screen.height / 2 - h / 2);
var j = n = 0;
var m = a * i;
var t = 1000 / a;
function start() {
window.focus();
image.src = s;
image.height = h;
image.width = w;
n = j % 3;
wm = (n == 1) ? wm1 : (n == 2) ? wm2 : wm3;
document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML = wm;
if (j++ < m) setTimeout('start()', t);
else window.close();
}
/* ]]> */
</script>
</head>
<body onload="start()">
<div class="splashscreen">
<img id="image" src="" alt="" height="0" width="0" />
<div class="ctext" id="msg"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Glad you like FSJumpStarter2020 
The code you posted will only work for the store version of FS2020. FSJumpStarter automatically detects the installed version and works on both steam and store versions.
A new version with adjustable performance settings for FS2020 is planned.
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I have installed and still “push any button to start” comes up. I have Steam and deleted all antivirus software. Any idea would be greatly appreciated. I have over 500 hours on MSFS 2020 and now cannot play. Paid $119 for my version. Please help.
Thanks
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Have tried to download FSJumpStarter2020 several times and am continually redirected to other screens. Finally managed to download a zip file but all it contained was instructions and JPEG images relating to GitHub.
Can you please direct me to a valid download link or advise where I have gone wrong please?
Brian Lumb
how to turn off the banner of this FSJumpStarter2020