Splash screen when application packaged with captive runtime (Windows)

Is there any way to show your applications splash-screen while the Captive Runtime loads?
After packaging my air app with captive runtime on windows the app takes a few seconds extra before showing on the screen. The taskbar-entry appears fast, but the application main window appears much slower than when packaging as native installer without runtime included.

HI DHL83,
Not that I know of but I'll ask around. I've seen at least one other report that startup is slower so I'll try to get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, would you mind opening a new bug over at bugbase.adobe.com regarding the startup performance hit? It would be great if you could also provide us with a sample application that illustrates the slower startup time. If you'd like to keep it private, please email me directly at [email protected]
Thanks,
Chris

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