Sorry if this is in the wrong forum but here goes.
I have searched the forum and can't find an answer
I downloaded and installed the latest version of Abiword and it worked fine except for the splash screen showing.
I have the disable splash screen box ticked on the new platform but it does not work with this particular app. So I thought I would disable it the old fashioned way ( disable splashscreen=true )and placing the .ini file in the correct place.
Now when I try to start Abiword I get a message saying that Abiword Portable cannot start, abiword.exe cannot be found.
If I delete the .ini file I can then start Abiword again but with the splash screen showing.
The only thing I changed in the config was "false" to "true", so I was wandering if the .ini file is correct.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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The example INI in Other\Source is outdated and the path to abiword.exe would be wrong, hence the error. They're just example INIs and should not be used directly (you shouldn't copy them and edit them, you should create your own). That's always been the case. You should have an AbiWordPortable.ini in the directory with AbiWordPortable.exe with just these lines:
[AbiWordPortable]
DisableSplashScreen=true
That said, the setting in the platform should work with AbiWord Portable. The reason it does not is a bug in the compilation of the launcher. It will be fixed in the next release. This is one of the reasons why the options screen states that this setting is not supported by all apps. (The other being that it may never be supported by apps with built-in splashes like LibreOffice, GIMP, etc)
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Thanks John, got it sorted now.