The above action will open the Windows Startup folder. Type shell:startup in the blank field and click the Ok button.Ħ. Open the run dialog box using the Win + R keyboard shortcut. Copy the shortcut you just created with “Ctrl + C.”ĥ. To make things nicer, rename the shortcut and remove “.exe – shortcut” from the shortcut name. This action will create the application shortcut.Ĥ.

Hold the Alt key on your keyboard and drag and drop the EXE file. In the application folder, find the EXE file you use to launch the application.ģ.

Go to the folder where you stored the portable application.Ģ. As I said earlier, we must create an application shortcut first. The portable app will start automatically with Windows from now on.ġ.With that, the portable app is added to Windows Startup.Press the “Win + V” to paste the shortcut you copied earlier.Type “shell:startup” in the blank field.Press “Win + R” to open the Run dialog box.Select the shortcut and press “Ctrl + C” to copy it.(Optional) rename the shortcut to remove “.exe – shortcut.”.Hold the “Alt” key and drag and drop the exe file to create a shortcut.Find the portable application’s exe file.Go to the folder where the portable application is located.Let me show you how to do it in simple and easy steps. i.e., create the application shortcut and copy/move it to the startup folder.

Once added, Windows starts the application at login. You can add application shortcuts to this folder. To make things easier, Windows has a startup folder.

Use the Starter application to start a portable app with Windows Add a portable app to Windows startup.

Make application portable