Splash freezes during initialization. #2374

I recomend that we implement something like this:

void DoEvents() { MSG msg; BOOL result;

while ( ::PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE ) )
{
    result = ::GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0);
    if (result == 0) // WM_QUIT
    {                
        ::PostQuitMessage(msg.wParam);
        break;
    }
    else if (result == -1)
    {
         // Handle errors/exit application, etc.
    }
    else 
    {
        ::TranslateMessage(&msg);
        :: DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }
}

}

There should be also be a way of closing it before it has started like an x on the init window.

That screen was intended to be removed, but AFAIK no one ever started to write a patch for it. Is your machine a rather old or I/O bound one that causes the freeze?

My machine is not old. The screen should not be removed as it provides feedback for the user that the application is loading.

If the user tries to start the application and gets no response he or she will be confused. It usually takes some time before the main gui shows up.

I still need a better explanation of what you consider frozen or when this happens (what is displayed as current state?).

Refers to the old splash screen, I think this issue is gone now, so closing. Pulls to improve the slash screen even more are welcome as we're not going to remove it.