I don't have a startup folder

I'm trying to make a file startup every time I turn my computer on, but I don't have a startup folder, I did Win + R and then typed in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup, but get this error:

Then I tried to type into run shell.startup and I get this error:

2 Answers

"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" (as you posted in your question) is the Startup location for All Users.

If you did not have the folder, it just means you have no startup items for All Users.

But if you wish your app to start for All Users, this is where it would go, and you can make the Startup folder for your item. The folder exists (empty) on an older ThinkPad of mine running Windows Insider. The All Users programs were uninstalled.

Further information from: All Users Startup

You can manually add program shortcuts here, and they’ll start up with your PC from now on, but apps that have been automatically added by third-party software or Windows 10 are controlled from the Task Manager

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You need to type shell:startup and not shell.startup, a colon, not a full-stop.

It should take you to the per-user startup folder at

C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Alternatively you can get to the same location by going to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup