It’s always been simple to find the startup folder in most versions of Windows to configure an application to start automatically when a user logs in.
Here is how to find the startup folder on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016
- Right Click on the start menu and choose run
- Type “shell:startup” and click ok.
- Then the startup folder will appear and you can drop shortcuts or applications into it.
To find the common startup folder for all users
- Right click on the start menu and choose run
- Type “shell:common startup” and click ok.
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Abc says
Perfect! Thanks.
Keith says
good guide…useful for me.