STARTMODE (System Variable)
https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-143F3607-7D7F-4CC9-9BE4-2A221DF2D776Controls the display of the Start tab.
Type: Integer
Saved in: Registry
Initial value: 1
Value Description
0 Closes the Start tab and it will be disabled the next time you launch the application.
1 Start tab is enabled and displayed.
Note: When changing the value of STARTMODE from 0 to 1, you must restart AutoCAD for the Start tab to be displayed. If you are running AutoCAD in a single document mode (SDI =1), the Start tab will be displayed after you change the value of SDI to 0 and restart AutoCAD.
STARTUP (System Variable)
https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-941B7406-2342-47EA-9881-BAFF3A554310Controls what is displayed when the application is started, or when a new drawing is opened.
Type: Integer
Saved in: Registry
Initial value: 3
Controls whether the Create New Drawing dialog box is displayed when a new drawing is started with NEW or QNEW. Also controls whether the Startup dialog box or Start tab is displayed when the application is started.
If the FILEDIA system variable is set to 0, file dialog boxes are not displayed.
Value Description
0 Starts a drawing without defined settings.
1 Displays the Startup or the Create New Drawing dialog box.
2 The Start tab is displayed. If available in the application, a custom dialog box is displayed.
3 The Start tab is displayed and the ribbon is pre-loaded when you open or create a new drawing.
Of course anytime you want the Start Tab Ctrl+Home takes you right to it.