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This document provides instructions for opening Windows Store apps automatically on startup in Windows 10. It describes two methods: 1) Using the Startup settings in Windows 10, which only works for some apps that request permission. 2) Adding shortcuts for any app to the Startup folder, which will launch them each time the user signs in. Dragging and dropping shortcuts from the Start menu or File Explorer into the Startup folder accomplishes this.

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WWW Howtogeek Com 364263 How To Open Windows Store Apps On Startup in Windows 10

This document provides instructions for opening Windows Store apps automatically on startup in Windows 10. It describes two methods: 1) Using the Startup settings in Windows 10, which only works for some apps that request permission. 2) Adding shortcuts for any app to the Startup folder, which will launch them each time the user signs in. Dragging and dropping shortcuts from the Start menu or File Explorer into the Startup folder accomplishes this.

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Windows Windows 10

How to Open Windows Store Apps on Startup in


Windows 10
CHRIS HOFFMAN @chrisbhoffman
SEP 4, 2018, 9:00 AM EST | 2 MIN READ

Many apps on Windows 10 are now Windows Store apps without traditional .exe 몭les. While
these apps work a bit differently, you can still make any of them launch at startup with the
conventional Startup folder.

Use Startup Settings (Only Works With Some Apps)


The latest versions of Windows 10 provide an easy way of managing startup applications in
the Settings app. This only works for speci몭c Store applications that speci몭cally request
permission to run at startup. For example, if you install Spotify from the Microsoft Store, you
can use Windows’ Settings app to toggle whether Spotify opens at startup.

To 몭nd this interface, head to Settings > Apps > Startup. Scroll through the list and toggle a
Store app to “On” to make it run when Windows starts. For example, set Spotify to “On” and
Windows will start it when you sign into your computer.

This is the o몭cial method, but the majority of Store applications you install won’t appear in
this list because their designers didn’t build in that option. You can add programs to Windows
startup, though—including Windows Store apps.
RELATED: How to Manage Startup Programs in Windows 10's Settings App

Add a Shortcut to Your Startup Folder (For Any App)


While the Settings interface won’t help you too much, the traditional way of making a
program launch at startup still works. All you have to do is add a shortcut to that application
to your Startup folder. This works for traditional desktop apps and Windows Store apps.

First, open the Startup folder for your user account. To do so, launch a File Explorer window,
type shell:startup into the address bar, and then press Enter.

Any shortcuts you place in this folder will be automatically launched when you sign in to
Windows with your current user account.
To add a shortcut to this list, open the Start menu and locate the application you want to
launch at startup. Drag and drop the application’s shortcut directly from the Start menu to the
Startup folder.

Note that you can’t drag and drop an app after searching for it in the Start menu. You’ll have
to 몭nd the app in the list of all applications on the left side of the Start menu, or in the tiles on
the right side of the Start menu.

Some Windows users add shortcuts to the Startup folder by right-clicking a Start menu entry
and selecting “Open File Location” to view the shortcut 몭le before copying that 몭le over. You
can’t do this with a Windows Store app, but that’s 몭ne—just drag and drop the application
shortcut directly from the Start menu to create a shortcut.
If you prefer to copy the shortcut from File Explorer, open a second File Explorer window and
plug shell:appsfolder into its address bar.

You’ll see the same list of applications that appear in your Start menu, and you can drag and
drop shortcuts from here directly to the Startup folder, too. However, you can only drag and
drop one application at once. You can’t select multiple applications and drag them all over at
the same time.

Windows will automatically run all the shortcuts in this folder after you sign in.

If you change your mind, return to the Startup folder and delete the application’s shortcut.
Windows will stop launching it when you sign in.
This trick works with any Windows application—not just apps from the Microsoft Store. Feel
free to drag and drop desktop application shortcuts to this folder, too.

Once you’ve added the shortcuts to your Startup folder, you can right-click the shortcuts here
and select “Properties” to change their startup options. For example, you could make Chrome
automatically open in Incognito Mode when you sign into your PC by adding the appropriate
options to its shortcut.

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CHRIS HOFFMAN
Chris Hoffman is Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. He's written about
technology for over a decade and was a PCWorld columnist for two years.
Chris has written for The New York Times and Reader's Digest, been
interviewed as a technology expert on TV stations like Miami's NBC 6, and
had his work covered by news outlets like the BBC. Since 2011, Chris has written over 2,000
articles that have been read more than one billion times---and that's just here at How-To Geek.
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