Comments on: Check Your Startup Apps In Windows 11

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:46:07 +0000

In reply to Sharad.

Hey Sharad,

The following article might help: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-launch-thunderbird-at-system-startup/

The article is Thunderbird specific but the same method should also work with Firefox.

By: Sharad

Sharad — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:03:41 +0000

Hi Jim, I have the reverse problem: seemingly after a Windows11 update, my startup apps don’t fully start up: i.e., some apps do, but my key workshorses (Firefox and Thunderbird) although listed in the startup apps list as “enabled”, don’t launch. Any suggestions?

By: Reg Watson

Reg Watson — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:52:18 +0000

Thanks Jim
Yep that’s my first task on a fresh install too. Deleting all the spam apps and shortcuts they try to get you to use along with the annoying Office 365 subscription ads and the like. My next job is to install “Revo Uninstaller Free” to fully uninstall the little OneDrive beastie before it has chance to swipe your documents and photos up and away onto a Microsoft server. I’ve noticed that sometimes Microsoft in a later update will sneakily undo some previously “toggled off” settings.
Microsoft really are getting obnoxious with their constant pushing of their Apps, CoPilot Ai and Office subscriptions and are now trying to totally remove our ability to make local accounts rather than their much preferred Microsoft accounts on a new PC installation so that you can be tracked better all across the internet. You can easily see why more and more users are starting to turn to Linux these days.
Goodness only knows what Windows 12 has in store for us !
Cheers
Reg