You can disable splash screen either through Acrobat Reader options (manualy) or in the registry.
You can use RegMon utility from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml to find out where this setting is stored in the registry.


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>I manage to open PDF file using API ShellExecute call,
>(sample provided by Sergey B.)
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>but is there some parameter to pass, that
>will suppress showing all the time Adobe/Acrobat splash screen ?
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