What’s your favorite software application? Do you always run it before anything else upon starting your computer? For instance, wouldn’t it be nice to turn on the computer, leave to get a cup of coffee, and return with your email program already up and running? In Windows, you can set programs to automatically run on startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thing to do is locate your favorite application in its installation folder. If you want Internet Explorer to automatically launch when your Windows computer starts, for instance, go to C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer and find iexplore.exe. Right-click the application file and then select Create shortcut<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A file shortcut should appear right beside the application. You can easily identify it through its icon, which is the same as the application’s icon but has an overlaying curled arrow. Otherwise, if a dialog box says Windows can’t create a shortcut in the installation directory, click the Yes button to create a shortcut in the desktop instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your computer runs Windows 8 or 8.1, go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n