How to Run program application at Windows Start Up

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Do you want run a software application automatically when Windows loads up? You can easily achieve this by adding that specific program to list of applications which should automatically excute at Windows startup. Follow the procedure given below:

1. Open the StartUp folder

Goto Start > Programs > Startup and then Right Click on Startup listing, click Open option. This will open StartUp folder containing shorcut links of few application programs. [see more details]

2. Create Shortcut of program application

Right click on the application icon, point to “Send To” and click “Desktop (create shortcut)”. Read more details on how to create a shortcut.

3. Copy Shortcut to StartUp folder

Now copy the newly create shortcut icon to the startup folder. Close everything and reboot / restart PC to automatically load newly added program at Windows startup.

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