How can I manage the set up so the Girls NEVER appear unless asked for?
I know it's supposed to be a laddish surprise when they pop up, but I don't want to give the wife the privilege!
ie I need to ***** the pop up... or I'll have to uninstall...

If you are talking about the girls actually dancing on your screen. They don't dance until you activate them by pressing the V icon in the sys tray.

I know the software can turn itself on if you have not checked the start disabled box in the advanced settings tab.

Of course there is also the password feature which is in the advanced settings tab.

If this is not what you mean by popping up can you give more details of what you mean.

Anyway enjoy the girls and welcome to the forum.

On the Start Menu Under all programs find the program Group called Startup.
If you see the VG icon in that group, Right Click on it and Delete it.

That will stop VG from Loading when Windows starts.

Then you would have to Manually click on the Virtuagirl Icon to Load the program each time you want to use it.

Also as Dmon1981 mentioned:
On the Advance settings screen, Make sure Always Start Disabled is checked.
That way if the VG program is Loaded, it will load in the In active ( Black "V" ) state.

And if you place a check mark in the Password box, then it won't play unless you type in the password "striptease"

So the combination of these three things, will prevent accidental displays of the girls on the screen.

(Thank you gentlemen [wyldanimal & DMon] for your courteous, prompt & informative replies.
As I have subsequntly discovered by viewing other areas of the forum, the quality of 'community' on the site is truly outstanding! May it ever be thus. Thank you again!)

@gracewing. You're welcome. I take it that the wife has not spotted the dancing girls then?

There are many knowledgeable and friendly people here who are willing to help, and if they can't they can generally put you in touch with someone that can.

Enjoy. ;-D