Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. If you'd like a shortcut to launch itself whenever any user logs in, type "shell:common startup" into the Run dialog instead.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. Shortcuts you add to the "shell:startup" folder will only launch when you log in with your user account. Yes, you'll need to use the folder - you can't simply add shortcuts from the Task Manager's Startup pane.
To access it, press Windows Key + R, type "shell:startup" into the Run dialog, and press Enter. This folder is no longer as easily accessible on Windows 8, 8.1, and 10, but it's still accessible. Related: How to Make Your Windows 10 PC Boot Faster Next, locate the Startup folder under All Apps in the Start menu, right-click it, and select Paste to paste a copy of that shortcut. On these versions of Windows, you can simply open your Start menu, locate a shortcut to an application you want to start automatically, right-click it, and select Copy.
On Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows, the Start menu contained a "Startup" folder to make this easy. Related: How to Add a Program to Startup in Windows 10 or 11 Windows
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