How to add program to auto startup in windows 10

Published on 20 Jul 2017 in category “it”

Steps:

1. open startup folder
2. place shortcut inside

Easy way:

1. Press Windows+R on keyboard
2. In opened window type shell:startup and hit enter.
3. Move shortcut of program that you need from desktop (or wherever it's located) to startup folder.

Other option if solution above doesn't work:

1. Open file explorer
2. Click this pc
3. Open Users folder
4. Open folder with your username
5. Now click at bar above folders which should look like local disk (C:) > Users > user>\ (where user is your username)
6. After you clicked bar it should look like C:\Users\user\ . You need add \appdata so it would look like C:\Users\user\appdata\ and hit enter button.
7. Open Roaming folder
8. Open Microsoft folder
9. Open Windows folder
10. Now you need to click again at bar above folder it should look like C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows
11. add \Start Menu (yes it's written with a space) and hit enter
12. Open programs folder
13. Open startup folder
14. Move shortcut of program that you need from desktop (or wherever it's located) to startup folder.

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windows 10