By default, the Start page appears when you start Foxit PDF Editor and includes the list of recent documents opened, helpful product tutorials, and Tool Wizard for some most frequently used features to help you get started with Foxit PDF Editor.
This article explains how to disable the start page.
Audience:
Organizations looking to customize Foxit PDF Editor before deploying it to their knowledge workers.
In this article:
- Deploy Foxit PDF Editor with the Start Page disabled
- Manually Disable the Start Page
Disable the Start Page Foxit Customization Wizard tool
- Open the Foxit Customization Wizard tool and select Preferences
- Navigate to Start Page
- Select "Disabled"
Disable the Start Page using registry
Navigate to key:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 11.0\Preferences\General
Give string "bShowStartPage" a value of "0"
Disable the Start Page using command line
We currently do not have a key for this function.
Disable the Start Page using GPO
- Open Group Policy Editor
- Navigate to Foxit PDF Editor > Preferences
- Select "Show Start Page"
- Select "Disabled"
Manually Disable the Start Page
- Open Foxit PDF Editor and navigate to the File Tab
- Select Preferences
- Select General
- UNcheck the "Show Start Page" option