Windows can run one or more of your applications automatically each time it starts by placing a shortcut to the application in the Startup folder. At startup, Windows looks in various locations for ...

Our first approach should be to check the Startup paths. The first approach towards resolving the issue in the discussion should be to eliminate the possibility or third-party software interfering ...

At startup, the Windows XP boot loader, NTLDR, reads the information stored to the boot.ini file to determine which operating systems the computer can boot from and uses this data to create a boot ...

On Windows 11, if you have a few apps you open immediately every time you sign into your account, you can configure them to launch automatically to save extra steps and get to them faster. You have at ...

If you want to change the Startup folder location of Microsoft Word in Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, here is how you can do that. There are three different methods to get it done. For example, you can ...

Your PC includes a simple interface for launching applications when you start it up. You can also configure it to wake up or power on automatically just before you get to work. Save a little power and ...

A few users who have installed Snow Leopard on their systems have run into a problem where upon logging in the system claims the "Startup Items" folder is insecure and items from this folder will not ...

Bill Russell wants to know how to configure Windows 10 so that Chrome, and possibly some other programs, load automatically when he boots his PC. I’ve already described how to disable particular ...

I want to migrate a Win10 installation from box A to newly built system B. The target m.2 already has a Win10 install, but we decided to save time (a lot of it) by migrating. I used Macrium Reflect to ...

I’VE JUST LEARNED that my Windows Me Secrets co-author, Davis Straub, recently set a new world record for miles flown in a hang glider. Smashing the 10-year-old record of 308 miles, he launched his ...

- I'm finding that setting up my folder mappings is a real pain, not to mention if something goes wrong and I want to wipe and install a partition it's nearly impossible to save any of the other ...