The Startup directory in the “all users” Start menu %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup The following lists the Logon ASEP locations that Autoruns inspects on a particular instance of an 圆4 version of Windows 10. Finally, it lists the Active Setup\Installed Components keys, which although never publicly documented or supported for third-party use have been reverse-engineered and repurposed both for good and for ill. These ASEPs include both per-user and systemwide locations, and entries designed for control through Group Policy. It also lists the initial user session processes, such as the Userinit process and the desktop shell. They include the various Run and RunOnce keys in the registry, the Startup directories in the Start menu, computer startup and shutdown scripts, and logon and logoff scripts. This tab lists the “standard” autostart entries that are processed when Windows starts up and a user logs on, and it includes the ASEPs that are probably the most commonly used by applications.
FIGURE 4-8 Autostart categories are displayed on up to 20 different tabs.
