Blank programs startup

It is working now. I went to create the screen shot and it was working. Hello all. Thanks in advance. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this reply? What are the consequences of increasing the per-process GDI handle limit? Striking a balance. Raymond Chen August 31, Looks like someone needs to file a bug report with Dave Plummer.

Dave left in , the Startup tab was added in the Windows 8 UI rewrite. Try filing a report in Feedback Hub …se how well that goes. You can see the command line in Task Manager as well; you just need to add it as a column. Why even have file names? Just give each file a guid and a display title! Such a pity the old comments are gone. As mentioned earlier, the startup folder in Windows 10 is no longer listed directly in the Start menu, although both the user-specific and All Users startup folders are still in the Start menu directory.

Here are the exact locations of these folders:. Both folders are buried deep in the directory structures of the Windows 10 partition, which is why the operating system allows you to open either directory using shell commands. In order to protect your privacy, the video will not load until you click on it. Many programs offer the option to run at startup in their settings. If so, you can use this option and save yourself the following steps.

If not, you can easily add already installed programs to your startup folder in Windows All you have to do is create a shortcut to the executable file. Find the new shortcut on your desktop and copy it to the startup folder in Windows 10 using copy-and-paste or drag-and-drop :. To do this, simply delete the shortcuts from the startup folder.

Note that you require administrator privileges to remove shortcuts from the All Users startup folder. Alternatively, if you set a program to run at startup in the settings of the program , you can disable it there.

You can also delete startup configurations using the Task Manager , although the Task Manager also lists programs and services that are not in your startup folders.

To open task manager, simply hold down the [Ctrl] and [Shift] keys and press [Esc]. Go to the Startup tab:. To remove a program, right-click the program in the Task Manager and select Disable :. The core services that Windows 10 requires to function properly are automatically loaded when Windows boots up.

However, you have the freedom to manage installed user software on your own computer or as a system administrator.

You should remove all non-essential applications, scripts and services from the startup folder to ensure that startup is as efficient as possible in Windows Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I recently upgraded my Windows 7 to Windows 8 pro and all is working OK except when I open the task manager the startup tab is blank all the other tabs are working well but it does not list any startup items.