ZoomText/Fusion - Disable Welcome screen

ZoomText/Fusion - Disable Welcome screen

Problem

An IT technician or user wishes to disable the display of the ZoomText welcome screen that appears when ZoomText first starts.

Applies to

  1. ZoomText/Fusion

Resolution

Use one of the methods below to disable welcome screen pop up.  Method 1 is best for end users, method 2 best for IT staff.

Method 1 - within the welcome screen pop-up

  1. When the Welcome screen pops up pan to the lower half below the hotkeys.
  2. The click Do Not Show Again check so it is unchecked.
  3. Then click close on the window.

Method 2 - Disable via config file

  1. Open File Explorer to the path:

    %AppData%\Freedom Scientific\ZoomText\[Year/Version]\Config

    Replace [Year/Veresion] with the four digit year version number eg. 2025, as per example below:

    %AppData%\Freedom Scientific\ZoomText\2025\Config

  2. Open he file named welccome.ini into Notepad.
  3. The make he change to show=1 so it reads as below:

    [UI Settings]
    Show=0

  4. Then click File > Save.

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