I have wondered for a while about what scripts maya loads when it starts up. Its always intrigued me and i had some spare time today so i wrote a quite python script to help. Ta-da! Here are the scripts maya sources on start up: /scripts/startup/initialLayout.mel /scripts/others/setDefaultTemplates.mel /scripts/startup/initCommandWindow.mel /scripts/startup/initMainWindow.mel /scripts/startup/UIComponents.mel /scripts/startup/initContexts.mel /scripts/others/flyThroughContextSetup.mel /scripts/startup/animationStartup.mel /scripts/startup/initAttributeEditor.mel /scripts/others/showEditor.mel [...]