I actually didn't know about the emacs init file. But I searched for it on the web. I understand that it should be in `.emacs.d` in 'AppData\Roaming' folder in Windows?But there was none. So according to an answer I read on Stackoverflow, I created a file `init.el` and left it blank.Then started Emacs normally and via Command Prompt. It still, however, shows the Abort dialog for both. For the second one: yes! It starts showing the Abort dialog after displaying the `splash.svg`. On Sunday, 1 May, 2022, 08:25:54 pm IST, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 14:39:37 +0000 (UTC) > From: hermit sings > Cc: "55047@debbugs.gnu.org" <55047@debbugs.gnu.org>, >     "corwin@bru.st" > > Yes, now that I think of it, it doesn't show Abort dialog while displaying the scratch buffer. > But if `-q` is used, it does, like if I'd have normally opened it. What if you replace your .emacs init file with an empty file, and then invoke Emacs without -Q or -q? And another experiment: start Emacs with -Q, wait until it shows the *scratch* buffer, and then type   C-x C-f C:/Program Files/Emacs/emacs-28.1/share/emacs/28.1/etc/images/splash.svg RET Does it show the abort dialog after you press RET in the above command?