ProblemYou want to change the location of your startup folder to another drive or to another folder. SolutionUsing the RegistryYou can turn any folder you want into the folder whose contents will be run on startup. To change the location of the current user's Startup folder, run the Registry Editor and then:
To change the location of the common Startup folder, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Common Startup. The string value will be %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. Change it to any folder you want, exit the Registry, and reboot. DiscussionWhen you start XP, it automatically runs programs located in your system's Startup folders. There are more than one of these folders one for each account, and one common one for all users. So when the system starts, it runs all programs in the account's Startup folder and the common Startup folder. The locations of the folders are:
Shortcuts to any programs you put in either folder will be run at startup. To stop programs from running, remove their shortcuts from the folders.
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