Add Programs to Windows Startup:

You can now add your favorite programs to Windows Startup without the need for using the start-up folder. Here is a way to do this:

Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run On the right-side
pane, create a new “String Value” and rename it to the name of the program that you want to
add (you can give any name, it doesn’t matter). Double-click on the “String Value”, in the “Value
data” field add the path of the executable program that has to execute at startup. Reboot the computer to see the changes in effect.