Lost my Startup folder while using Autoruns

[Nisko]

I started to use Autoruns to speed up my boot - and must have unchecked something that made my Startup folder disappear from All Programs.

 

[Ztruker]

System Restore to before you did this??

 

[Nisko]

Absolutely - but, even after shutting down my Firewall and anti-virus, none of my System Restores will complete successfully.

 

[Callender]

You've got available system restore points - correct? So just mount one and copy the folder back manually.

It should be here:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

or

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

So if you mount a restore point using something like "System Restore Explorer" you can just copy the folder back.

 

[Callender]

Quick Guide

Quick Guide:

Mount restore point:



In the window that opens browse to:

"C:\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"


Highlight the Startup folder



Then copy it back to C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

or

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Then unmount the restore point:

 

[pbcopter]

Absolutely - but, even after shutting down my Firewall and anti-virus, none of my System Restores will complete successfully.

Try system restore from Safe mode.

 

[Nisko]

Will do! If that doesn't work, I'll try mounting a Restore Point.

 

[Nisko]

I ran System Restore in Safe Mode and none of my restore points would work. Thanks for the detailed instructions on how to mount a Restore Point and restore a single file. FYI: I resorted to an Image File for restoration and then saw your instructions on how to extract a file from System Restore. I'll be sure to keep those instructions for future use. Thanks again for the help!!!