The Welcome Window is an informative and functional page that appears when you start MapInfo Pro. It provides you a quick access to recently used tables and workspaces and the possibility to open new ones. You can also access the base Bing maps (Aerial, Roads and Hybrid) from the Welcome Window.
The Welcome Window also has links to the Precisely Li360 Community site. Li360 is a Location Intelligence and GIS Community that contains useful information and video demonstrations on how to effectively use MapInfo Pro.
You can also access resources like Technical Support and Documentation along with useful suggestions on how to use MapInfo Pro optimally right from the Welcome Window.
You can also access workspaces from the Welcome Window. Click Sample Workspaces... under Workspaces on the Welcome Window.
All functionalities in the Quick Start dialog are now available in the Welcome Window. So, the Quick Start dialog has been removed from MapInfo Pro.
As a result of this change, the Startup Preferences dialog has been updated. The checkbox controlling display of the Quick Start dialog has been replaced with a checkbox to control the display of the Welcome Window.
Also, if you turn ON the Welcome Window, the MapInfoPro.wor workspace would not be automatically loaded and the checkbox to turn it ON in Startup preferences is also disabled.