Leo rolled his eyes with the theatrical grace of a sixteen-year-old who had explained this to three relatives already. “Yeah, Aunt Sophia. Windows 11 has a whole folder for it. Or you can do it from Settings. Want me to show you?”
Her teenage nephew, Leo, who was visiting and had an annoying habit of appearing silently behind her, piped up. “You know you can just… add them to startup, right?” windows 11 add to startup
Pay attention to the "Startup impact" label (Low, Medium, High). High-impact apps can significantly slow down your boot time. Method 2: The "shell:startup" Folder (For Any App or File) Leo rolled his eyes with the theatrical grace
“Yep. Any file, any app. Just put a shortcut here.” Or you can do it from Settings
This method works for almost any program, file, or script. It involves placing a shortcut directly into a specific Windows folder.
“Only if you add, like, fifty things. Three apps? You won’t even notice.”