oh, just remembered, if I use !minimizewindows it is minimised along with all the other windows, so running that bang after it has loaded is a sort of hack to get rid of it, but of course it comes back if I do restore all and I'd rather get rid of it properly,

ahh, and just noticed, if I maximise something then get rid of it the bottom left corner of the desktop doesnt refresh.. so the splash is obviously hiding down there..