When Flash is running with no documents open, the Welcome screen appears. The Welcome screen contains the following four areas:
Lets you open your most recent documents (click the Open icon).
Lists Flash file types, such as Flash documents and ActionScript™ files.
Lists the templates most commonly used to create Flash documents.
Links to the Flash Exchange website, where you can download helper applications, extensions, and related information.
To hide the Welcome screen, select Don’t Show Again.
To show the Welcome screen, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or select Flash > Preferences (Macintosh), and select Show Welcome screen in the General category.