How to get Startup folder in Start, All Programs - Windows 7. It is currently missing, therefore I cannot easily put in new programs that I want to run when booting up.

Question

Recently had to re-install Win7 on a new Dell desktop. I find that there is no Startup folder appearing in the list of programs accessed via the Start button. On the original install it was there. How can I get it back?

Answer 1

Your personal startup folder should be C:\Users<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

The All Users startup folder should be C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

You can create the folders if they aren't there.  Enable viewing of hidden folders to see them.

Answer 2

You can mouse into the All Users Startup folder by going to:

Start > All Programs, then right-click on Startup and selecting "Open".

This direct route should work for admins even if the "show hidden files and folders" setting isn't activated and the "C:\Program Data" directory is not visible.

Best regards,

Answer 3

Recently had to re-install Win7 on a new Dell desktop. I find that there is no Startup folder appearing in the list of programs accessed via the Start button. On the original install it was there. How can I get it back?

Back in Windows XP days,

For one user this folder use to be located in

%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

and for all users profile the location of the Startup folder is

C:\Documents and Settings\All users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

In Windows Seven however, access to the Documents and Settings folder is totally denied.

So how can you run scripts and programs such as batch files on a user logon in Windows Seven ?


Location of Start up folder in windows 7 and onwards:

It is still pretty much done the same way, except the location of the startup folder is quite different.

Many systems administrators carry out local systems administration tasks still by putting a batch file or program in the startup folder for an individual user or all users on a Windows Seven machine, hence when the user or all users log on to the machine] the batch file or program is executed locally. 

  

The new location of the folders is as follows:

For an individual user: 

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

For all users:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup 

Here C: is the drive letter of your computers System Drive (Where the Windows folder is located)

You can read more here:

http://crackzhack.net/hackers/2012/10/where-is-the-start-up-folder-located-in-windows-for-single-user-and-all-users-profile.html

Thanks and Regards

Shellboy

Answer 4

Your personal startup folder should be C:\Users<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

The All Users startup folder should be C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

You can create the folders if they aren't there.  Enable viewing of hidden folders to see them.

i can't find the folders and its not working for me am using windows ultimate 7, 32-bit. what else should i do?

Answer 5

Just run it then do WIN+R and type in the location yourself