How to set Startup Tab in Impulse
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by LightStar | Discussion: OS Customization
How do I set Impulse to start up in the My Software tab instead of the My Games tab? I have the My Games tab hidden (and the tab is in fact gone), but Impulse still starts up showing the games even though the tab is hidden. I never play games and want Impulse to start in the My Software tab if possible, and if not, then why not make that a feature? Thanks. 
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:52 AM
Ditto.
Hey LightStar; in the past I have seen Impulse do this and some other funky little things, this was when I was running Beta versions, I now only run the stable release versions and never have any little funky things happen.
Reply #3 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:04 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:10 AM
As an experiment, I added a tab then closed Impulse. When I reopened, it was back on the 'my games' tab.
Then, I moved the tabs around, putting 'my software' last, closed, reopened....it still opens on the 'my games' tab.
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:24 AM
I have also seen this where Impulse reopens in tha tab you were in when you closed it or logged out. What I try to do is always log out in the Community Tab.
I wonder if it may have something to do with logging out or just closing Impulse? I always log out and it brings me back to the Community Tab when I reopen. 
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:29 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:48 AM
Only thing I can assume is that Stardock is pushing the games, in any way they can.
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:12 PM
That wouldn't even be funny if it were correct. 
I leave or close out Impulse as I identified above and Impulse always reopens in the Community Tab. When I close it out in another tab then it will reopen in that tab.
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:16 PM
Thanks Philly, but it does not do that here, or for several other people evidently either. It is nice that it does it for you though. This problem has been occurring for ages now and I finally decided enough was enough and posted this thread.
Reply #10 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:03 PM
I should point out that it does this in Windows XP 32-bit, Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit.
Reply #12 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:06 PM
I'm using Win7 32bit, I have not checked it on XP or Vista.
Reply #13 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:20 PM
Oh, I do have an XP system, works okay there. Aren't computers fun, they act up or work correctly, either way, you usually can not figure out why. 
Reply #14 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 5:26 PM
Would be nice to hear from someone at Stardock on this. Hint-hint. 
Reply #16 Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:55 PM
If I open Impulse from the Impulse Now tray icon it goes to the Games tab.
If I open Impulse from a shortcut it will go to the last tab I had opened.
Reply #17 Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:19 PM
Reply #18 Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:19 PM
If I open Impulse from a shortcut it will go to the last tab I had opened.
Just tested and can confirm this.
Reply #19 Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:33 PM
If I open Impulse from a shortcut it will go to the last tab I had opened.
Yes! It works! Can someone at Stardock please make it so that starting it from Impulse Now does the same thing please?
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:34 AM
Weird, for me it starts up in whatever the last tab I had open was. If it was the store, it opens to the store, if I was updating something it opens to the updates tab (even if there aren't any updates to install).