There's a nifty new tab in the 'Task Manager' called 'Startup' where I can manage the program that run at startup.
BUT… It doesn't show all of the application that run at startup:
Some of the hidden culprits are:
- Steam
- Skype
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- Cisco VPN
- Java Update
"What about the registry?" Here's what's found in there:
Which doesn't contain all of the running programs.
How do I manage these startup applications from within Windows 8?
Best Answer
(This tool is not built in Window 8 but...) You can use Autoruns from Windows Sysinternals to figure out what applications are starting up on startup. You can also disable them too.