All Users Startup Folder [2025]

Echo watched as its neighbors disappeared. It felt the coldness of the drive expanding. But because it lived in the directory, it remained until the very last soul logged out.

When Windows boots up and a user enters their credentials, the operating system looks at two specific directories to determine what to launch: all users startup folder

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Echo watched as its neighbors disappeared

(7, 8, 10, 11, Server) Path changes slightly (older: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp ), but the concept is consistent. all users startup folder

Place a shortcut here, and every single user on the PC gets that app at login. No need to configure per-user startup folders or log into each account manually.