When the game starts and goes to the splash screen (showing: 'start', 'opening movie', 'configuration', 'exit'), and I remain inactive for a while, the opening movie automatically starts.

Unfortunately my PC (Windows 8 Pro N) does not have the codec to play that movie. If the game attempts to start the movie, it gets stuck in a black screen with a white, spinning wheel in the lower right corner. When this happens I have to press Alt+F4 to close the game altogether. It is currently impossible to get that codec for Windows 8 Pro N (I cursed Microsoft when I found out about that), so there's no way for me to fix this problem.

Instead, I would like a way to prevent the opening movie from showing completely.
If anyone knows of a way, I would be very grateful.