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MR_1081016112-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
September 25, 2024
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Restoring the Windchill Welcome Screen - Is it possible?

  • September 25, 2024
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Version: Windchill 12.1

 

Use Case: Hi, Is it possible to restore the welcome screen shown in the screen shot, After a user checked the red marked box? I could not find any helpful article to reset it. There is no such a thing the preference management of the user. Is it possible to delete a cache or something for a particular user? I have admin credentials too.. This request is not urgent for sure, but one of the users asked me to help him with it.. Thanks for your help


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000Welcome to Windchill screen.png

Best answer by avillanueva

The checkbox was removed after version 11.

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS292318

It looks like they purposely removed it. Steps from @mmeadows-3 might be more than you are looking for but if the user wants to see it, he correctly shows where it is in the QuickLinks. I am not sure you want to customize this to enable for all.

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mmeadows-316-Pearl
16-Pearl
September 25, 2024

Probably more than you care to know about the Welcome page...

 

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS194286

%wt_home%\codebase\netmarkets\jsp\netmarkets\welcome.jsp

%wt_home%\codebase\netmarkets\images\welcome.png

 

Notes:

  • This page (and the check box) can be accessed by: QuickLinks > Help > Welcome to Windchill
  • %wt_home%\codebase\netmarkets\jsp\netmarkets\welcomepage.jsp is for earlier releases.

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS58708

  • The page can be turned off for everyone using loadFromFile.

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS67176

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!DOCTYPE NmLoader SYSTEM "standardX20.dtd">

<NmLoader>

<csvPreferenceInstance handler="wt.preference.LoadPreference.createPreferenceInstance">

             <csvname>CloseWelcomePage</csvname>

             <csvclientName>WINDCHILL</csvclientName>

             <csvvalue>b%3A0</csvvalue>

             <csvlock>true</csvlock>

</csvPreferenceInstance>

</NmLoader>

 

Where csvvalue:

  1. b%3A0 - The Welcome Page is displayed for every user.
  2. b%3A1 - The Welcome Page is not displayed at all.

windchill wt.load.LoadFromFile -d filename.xml

  • The preference can be deleted too.

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS258377

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    MR_1081016112-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    September 26, 2024

    Thank you so much for your kind research! That helped.

    avillanueva
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    avillanueva23-Emerald IAnswer
    23-Emerald I
    September 26, 2024

    The checkbox was removed after version 11.

    https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS292318

    It looks like they purposely removed it. Steps from @mmeadows-3 might be more than you are looking for but if the user wants to see it, he correctly shows where it is in the QuickLinks. I am not sure you want to customize this to enable for all.

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