This page primarily guides Windows users on how to configure programs to launch automatically during Windows startup or user login.
🧩 Operating Environment
- Windows
🛠️ Steps to set a program in Task Scheduler
Open Task Schedule.
Click ‘Task Scheduler Library’
In right side toolbar, Click ‘Create Task….’
Please type a task name. You may also type a description for this task.
In the example here, I choose ‘Run only when user is logged on’.
Note: you may choose other options, such as ‘Run whether user is logged on or not’ or ‘Run with highest priviledges’.
Then, click ‘Triggers’ tab and click ‘New…’
In ‘New Trigger’ window, I choose ‘At log on’ and ‘Any user’.
Note: you may choose other options, such as ‘At startup’.
After that , click ‘OK’
Then, click ‘Actions’ tab and click ‘New…’
In ‘New Action’ window, choose ‘Start a program’. Click ‘Browse’ and select the program that you want it to be started on logged on. After that, click ‘OK’.
Click ‘OK’ for ‘Create Task’ window. Restart your PC and see whether the program is started automatically when PC user account is logged on or during Windows startup.