There are certain apps that you may not want to launch every time you turn on your computer, such as your anti-virus and GPU software. There are many other apps and services that are important to launch so that your Windows experience remains seamless.
How to prevent apps from opening at startup on a Windows 11 or 10 PC
But there are tons of third-party apps that launch alongside Windows, competing for available resources and slowing down your system. Here are all the ways you can prevent that.
In the good old days of XP and Vista, you had to use the System Configuration tool (msconfig) to prevent apps from opening on startup. But users get a lot more options on the newer versions of Windows, which offer a plethora of tools to keep an eye on apps and keep the system relatively fast. Let’s take a look at them one by one.
The easiest way to stop apps is through Windows settings.
