Where are startup-folders in Win-7?

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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows-7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #1

    Where are startup-folders in Win-7?


    On Win-XP, one could browse into both per-user and system-wide
    'startup' folders, where the shortcuts lived that pointed to apps
    that get auto-started when you login.

    So, how do I do that on Win-7 (Home Premium/64-bit)?

    i.e. where do they hide this now?
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    Welcome!

    On Seven, there is a folder in the Stat Menu called Startup. You can also go into msconfig and look in the startup tab.

    Hope this helps,
    ~Jonathan
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  3. jav
    Posts : 713
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1
       #3

    1.Press start
    Show all programs
    Scroll down
    There is a folder called "Startup"

    2.Press start
    Write Shell:startup

    there you go

    EDIT: Jonathan was faster. Lost time looking for that icon
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  4. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #4

    Hi SarasotaSlim and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

    Here you go. Note that you will need to enable viewing of hidden files and folders Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide

    C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

    C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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  5. Posts : 11
    Windows-7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Dwarf said:
    Hi SarasotaSlim and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

    Here you go. Note that you will need to enable viewing of hidden files and folders Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide

    C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

    C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
    @Dwarf:

    Ok, that was very helpful!

    I got the files,folders,drive unhidden.
    And, I got the 'per-user' startup folder defined as a desktop-shortcut.
    [By default, that startup-folder says it's empty.]

    But, the spec you gave for system-wide won't parse/navigate...fails because
    there's no 'Users\All Users' (so the rest matters not)

    There are 5 choices under Users, namely Administrator,Guest, Public, and the 2 user acct-names.

    So, I'm still stuck, as to location for the system-wide startup.

    Which is no doubt where the little devil that I'm trying to shutoff lives...
    namely, the 'Windows Live Messenger'. Don't really need/want that.

    More ideas?
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  6. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #6

    See my post here for the WLM problem.

    Just for your peace-of-mind, to configure startup processes, go into the Startup tab in msconfig.
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  7. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #7

    Here's the path for All Users:
    Where are startup-folders in Win-7?-capture.png
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  8. Posts : 11
    Windows-7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    @Jonathan_King:

    Cool...selecting just messenger from those others in Live Essentials, to remove from
    the system, did the trick.

    Thanks!

    As to the path to the system-wide startup, that just does NOT exist on my system.
    I check in both the file-explorer and in a cmd-window (Dos-box), and
    there is no sub-dir under 'Users' called 'All Users'.

    But, since I got the Live Messenger thing resolved, I can live for now, without
    finding that other startup folder.

    So, feel free to mark this thread solved.
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  9. jav
    Posts : 713
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1
       #9

    Dwarf said:
    Hi SarasotaSlim and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

    C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

    C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
    Dwarf sorry, but as far as I know Windows 7 doesn't have All users folder.
    I think it's now controlled by registry:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\RUN
    Last edited by jav; 03 Jan 2010 at 22:04.
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  10. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #10

    Dwarf said:
    Hi SarasotaSlim and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

    Here you go. Note that you will need to enable viewing of hidden files and folders Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide

    C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

    C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
    That should be C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

    Users\All Users is a junction which seems you have messed with the permissions of it....not good.
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