I agree, though I'm not sure what's the benefit of disabling weapons over giving them the lowest priority. It's also the kind of thing I wouldn't want to implement without an interface, which I'm still not willing to do.

By the way, I don't see why it's so important to skip the demo files. It shouldn't take that long to choose a menu option.

It sounds like you're leaving a game by selecting "Quit" instead of "New Game." Choose "New Game" instead.