Startup App in menu settings is missing in Windows 11

Excellent!!!

After some testing these resolved my problem:

EnableUIADesktopToggle

SupportUwpStartupTasks

and now I have the Startup Apps available under Settings/Apps AND I can successfully toggle (in my case Store/UWP version of Whatsapp) to autostart

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.

Hi, I'm Robinson, and I’m happy to help you today.

Here is some troubleshooting that you can try and should fix this problem.

Solution 1: Re-register then Settings app
1-Right-click on Start then click on Windows Terminal (admin)
2-Paste this command and press Enter:
Get-AppxPackage *windows.immersivecontrolpanel* | Reset-AppxPackage
3-Reboot your PC

Solution 2: Repair and reset the Microsoft Store
1-Right-click on Start.
2-Click on Windows PowerShell(admin)
3-Type:
Get-AppXPackage -allusers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} and press ENTER.
4-Reboot your PC
5-Open the Microsoft Store, click on Library then click on Get and Install updates.

Solution 3: Perform the repair upgrade using the Windows ISO, this procedure will repair all Windows files, apps, and registry keys. This procedure will not affect your personal files.

1-Download the Windows 11 ISO at this link.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-downlo...
2-Double-click your ISO file, and click on the setup.exe file.
3-You may be prompted by User Account Control. Click on Yes if so.
4-In the Install Windows 11 dialog, click on Change how Setup downloads updates.
5-Select "Not right now". This will save you from downloading a new build (if available). Click Next.
6-Setup will check your PC and show a license agreement. Click on Accept in the license terms dialog.
7-Wait for the setup program to check for the available free space.
8-On the Ready to install page, click the Change what to keep.
9-Now, you can select Keep personal files and apps, Keep personal files only, and Nothing. Also, Nothing is the only option that will be available if your installation media doesn't match the installed Windows 11 version or language.

Note: It is safe to close the setup wizard at this step and cancel the repair install process. Otherwise, you won't be able to cancel it later. Finally, click Next.
10-Click on Install to start the repair install of Windows 11.

Hello, I tried all three, and none of them worked, however, I don't have Windows Terminal so I use Powershell in admin and rebooted. I already have 22H2 the latest release

Do you have any start up apps?

In Task Manager you have start up apps?