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Problem starting a program in the startup folder at Windows startup
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I placed a shortcut to a program (with one parameter) in the startup folder. That program does not get started up upon Windows startup. The shortcut's target is something like: And the "Start in" is The program, when executed, would be run as Administrator. Does anyone know what went wrong and how …
Error Output
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram\MyProgram.exe" -param
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