Sounds familiar. It happens when you have a filename with special characters (0xE5 = 229 = "å" a ring, 0xEB = 235 = "ë" e dieresis) in your preferences file ( %programfiles%/subdownloader/conf/preferences.conf ).
How to get rid of it:
- make sure subdownloader is not still running: open task manager, if it's there, kill it
- open preferences.conf in a text editor and delete the line that contains the special character
If subdownloader doesn't accept the changed preferences.conf file, just delete it and subdownloader will create a new preferences file. Of course then you'll have to enter your name, password and settings again.
(
le_roco solved this by patching the program source, see
here. If you're not a programmer, never mind.)
Oh yes, that splash window is really annoying. I guess it is meant to give people some feedback that the program has started because it takes some time to connect and display the window. But it shouldn't be on top of everything else.