Startup App in menu settings is missing in Windows 11

Had the same issues:

Apps > Startup menu is missing in Windows 11.

Unable to change startups via the "task manager"->"Startup Apps",

Disabled startup control in "Phone Link".

Finally found the solution by comparing "Policy" settings in the registry with a working computer.

Found that Registry location [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

was empty and my working laptop had 22 entries.

I did not go one by one through the entries, so I do not know exactly which one(s) fixed the issue.

Guessing it was one or more of the entries that have "Startup" in them.

"EnableFullTrustStartupTasks"=dword:00000002

"EnableUwpStartupTasks"=dword:00000002

"SupportFullTrustStartupTasks"=dword:00000001

"SupportUwpStartupTasks"=dword:00000001

Here are all the entries in my registry location:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

"ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000005

"DSCAutomationHostEnabled"=dword:00000002

"EnableCursorSuppression"=dword:00000001

"EnableFullTrustStartupTasks"=dword:00000002

"EnableInstallerDetection"=dword:00000001

"EnableLUA"=dword:00000001

"EnableSecureUIAPaths"=dword:00000001

"EnableUIADesktopToggle"=dword:00000000

"EnableUwpStartupTasks"=dword:00000002

"EnableVirtualization"=dword:00000001

"PromptOnSecureDesktop"=dword:00000001

"SupportFullTrustStartupTasks"=dword:00000001

"SupportUwpStartupTasks"=dword:00000001

"ValidateAdminCodeSignatures"=dword:00000000

"ConsentPromptBehaviorUser"=dword:00000001

"undockwithoutlogon"=dword:00000001

"dontdisplaylastusername"=dword:00000000

"legalnoticecaption"=""

"legalnoticetext"=""

"scforceoption"=dword:00000000

"shutdownwithoutlogon"=dword:00000001

"SlowLinkDetectEnabled"=dword:00000001

Good luck.

Dude thank you you solved my problem!

It appears that you know how to open the regedit tool. Be incredibly careful. Registry editing can also break a windows OS. backups are always prudent. At least create a restore point.

You could add registry entries too by creating a text File.reg file with the entries you want to add.

Then import the file with regedit.

Example File.reg contents:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

"EnableUIADesktopToggle"=dword:00000000

"SupportUwpStartupTasks"=dword:00000001

Or you can add the values by right clicking on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System in regedit.

Then select new -> dword and then name the value and double click on newly created calue to set the value for each entry you add.

The list of values from my windows is shown in my response to Phantom Phreak.

henryg_1 responded and said the two values that solved his issue were EnableUIADesktopToggle REG_DWORD 0x0 and SupportUwpStartupTasks REG_DWORD 0x1 .

EDIT: I figured it out! thank you again for your help by posting this!!

This solution is done by editing the Windows registry.

If you do not know how to edit the registry. I recommend you find an expert.

If the registry is corrupted, you could have to do a full re-install.

The task starts by you looking in the registry at location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

There should be values stored there. In my case the values were missing.

I compared my values to values on another working computer. Then set the values to fix this problem.

To see your values, do the following.

In a command shell run:

C:>reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

These are the values in my registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin REG_DWORD 0x5

DSCAutomationHostEnabled REG_DWORD 0x2

EnableCursorSuppression REG_DWORD 0x1

EnableFullTrustStartupTasks REG_DWORD 0x2

EnableInstallerDetection REG_DWORD 0x1

EnableLUA REG_DWORD 0x1

EnableSecureUIAPaths REG_DWORD 0x1

EnableUIADesktopToggle REG_DWORD 0x0

EnableUwpStartupTasks REG_DWORD 0x2

EnableVirtualization REG_DWORD 0x1

PromptOnSecureDesktop REG_DWORD 0x1

SupportFullTrustStartupTasks REG_DWORD 0x1

SupportUwpStartupTasks REG_DWORD 0x1

ValidateAdminCodeSignatures REG_DWORD 0x0

ConsentPromptBehaviorUser REG_DWORD 0x1

undockwithoutlogon REG_DWORD 0x1

dontdisplaylastusername REG_DWORD 0x0

legalnoticecaption REG_SZ

legalnoticetext REG_SZ

scforceoption REG_DWORD 0x0

shutdownwithoutlogon REG_DWORD 0x1

SlowLinkDetectEnabled REG_DWORD 0x1

I can't tell you for sure which of the 22 values fixed my problem.

I stumbled upon the same problem as the OP.

I got nothing in my registry on this path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

How can I add them?

Thank you in advance for your time and help!

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