Access to the Windows Startup directory via Run

Access to the Windows Startup directory via Run What is the command to type in the Windows Run that opens the user's Startup directory?
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Guest [Entry]

"It's the ""shell"" command. For example, I can type

shell:startup

in the Run dialog to pop open the \Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory.

There are a LOT of the ""shell"" commands, and a long listing is at Access special folders easily using the shell command."

Guest [Entry]

"""%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup""

does work on Windows XP.

As far as I can tell, there are no further shortcuts. You can see here a list of all variables and there is no other way to reference Startup.

However, you may have seen a shorter version in some scripting language macros, like Autoit:

@StartupDir current user's Startup folder"

Guest [Entry]

"The variable is %username%. So, for my account (roaming) in Windows Vista:

Start, run,
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

Guest [Entry]

cd "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"