Windows 8 – How to Manage Startup Programs

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There's a nifty new tab in the 'Task Manager' called 'Startup' where I can manage the program that run at startup.

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BUT… It doesn't show all of the application that run at startup:

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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:

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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.

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