One of the most commonly used locations to configure a program to autorun is the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key.Īn excellent tool that you can use to get an overview of all the programs that automatically run on your Windows system is the Microsoft Sysinternals Autoruns utility, which is shown in Figure 1. Q: Is there an easy way to find out which programs automatically start on my Windows PC after Windows has booted? I'm particularly interested in non-Microsoft programs that automatically start-these programs could point to malicious third-party applications that are on my system.Ī: In Windows, programs can be configured to automatically run at system startup from many different locations: the Startup folder, configuration files, and registry keys.
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