How to Control the Programs That Start Up With Windows

Determining which programs boot on Windows start up is controlled by a folder titled "StartUp." In order to launch a program on system start up, you would have to create a shortcut for the program and copy and paste it to the StartUp folder. To stop a program from launching on system start up, you would have to delete the program shortcut from the StartUp folder.

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  Expand the Start menu and click on "All Programs."

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  Right-click "Startup" and select "Open" from the menu that appears.

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  Remove a program from the folder by right-clicking the shortcut and selecting "Delete."

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  To create a shortcut, right-click the background, hover over "New" and click on "Shortcut." Click "Browse" in the "Create shortcut" window. Choose the program that you want to create a shortcut for in the list that appears and click "OK."