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When a computer reboots, there may be certain applications that need to be started. This was easy to do in Windows XP. All that you need to do is drag a shortcut to the app into the Startup folder through the Start menu -> All Programs -> Startup. However, in later versions of Windows (i.e. 2012, Windows 10) this option isn’t available in the Start menus.
You can open the Startup folder and add programs to run with the following steps:

  • open the Run command with Windows Key + R
  • type shell:common startup
    This is for opening the Startup folder for all users. If you just want to open the folder for the logged in user, type shell:startup.
  • Add shortcuts to the applications you want to run in the open Startup folder.

Then the next time that you reboot the computer, the applications in the Startup folder will .

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