Hanging at splash screen (not load progress) screen

[EarthAngel]

Originally Posted by Dolby Our java programmer is investigating splash screen issue some of you are experiencing and hopefully we will have a solution soon for you all.

Any news on this please? I've got this issue too and I've tried the above fixes. Very annoying. I haven't managed to get minion to run at all, this has been happening since first install. Tried: uninstalling, uninstalling the C++ programs mentioned, reinstalling, running from Java (which is up to date)... Help?

Thanks!