Windows Startup Program Manager

Windows Startup Program Manager is a simple-to-use application that enables you to manage programs which automatically run at system startup. To be specific, you can remove the entries of those tools which you never use but contribute to a slower boot time nonetheless, as well as add new ones to the autostart sequence.

Installing this tool doesn't take long and requires minimal effort, since there are no special options, prerequisite software products, or third-party components involved. However, it's obvious that the utility hasn't received updates for a long time by the fullscreen setup with a gradient background color.

It's wrapped in a user-friendly interface with a plain appearance and neatly structured layout, where all autostart items are automatically listed when launching the tool.

You can check out the runtime type, name and full path of each item, filter all objects by type or key, remove the ones you don't need, edit properties, as well as create new autorun items by indicating the root, key, name, program and parameters.

It's possible to minimize Windows Startup Program Manager to the systray to make it non-intrusive and carry on with your normal PC activity without any interruptions, print the list with all information, as well as ask the tool to automatically run at every Windows startup.

It didn't put a strain on PC performance in our tests, using low CPU and RAM. No error dialogs popped up and it didn't hang or crash. However, it failed to detect all autorun entries we had lined up. We must also take into account that Windows Startup Program Manager hasn't been updated for a long time and likely has compatibility issues with newer OS versions.