Tired of manually opening your most-used apps every time you boot up your PC? Whether it’s your email client, Spotify, or a project management tool, setting programs to launch automatically can save you minutes every day—and hours every year.

To add a program to startup in Windows 11, you can follow these steps:

By following these steps, you can easily add a program to startup in Windows 11.

Focus heavily on the shell:startup method. It is the "magic trick" that fixes the issue for users whose apps don't appear in the standard list, and it is often the part that creates the most loyal readers/viewers because it solves the "unsolvable" problem.

For laptop users, more background processes mean faster battery depletion.

If your program isn’t listed here, skip to Method 2 or 3.

Adding every app to startup can turn a snappy PC into a sluggish mess. Stick to (cloud storage, password manager, communication tool). For everything else, use Windows + R and type the app name—it’s nearly as fast.

While it’s tempting to have everything ready at once, adding too many programs to startup can lead to:

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