Customizing startup items in Windows 11 is a great way to streamline your computer’s boot-up process and ensure that your most-used applications launch automatically when the system starts. Below are the straightforward steps for adding specific applications to Windows 11’s startup items:

  1. Click the “Start” button, then search or scroll to find the application you want to add to the startup items.
  2. Right-click on the application, select “More,” and then choose “Open file location.”

This action will open the location where the shortcut for that application is stored. If you don’t see the “Open file location” option, it means that the application cannot be added to the startup items.

  1. After opening the file location, press WIN+R, enter shell:startup, and then click “OK.”

This action will open the “Startup” folder.

  1. Copy the shortcut of the application from the folder opened in Step 2 to the “Startup” folder.