# Auto start

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/auto-start/5020
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Tags:** tweaking, commonissues
**Created:** [April 15, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/auto-start/5020 "2023-04-15T18:52:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![MaxOne72218](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/maxone72218/32/2529_2.png) [@MaxOne72218](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/MaxOne72218)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/auto-start/5020/1 "2023-04-15T18:52:55Z")

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How do I get gui mode to load on startup?

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### Author: ![jsam01](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jsam01](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/jsam01)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/auto-start/5020/2 "2023-04-21T20:35:36Z")

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I use Windows Task Scheduler with a trigger of log on of any user, and then the action of ‘Start a Program’  
with the program pointing to:  
“C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\MCEBuddy.GUI.exe” (or wherever your install is)  
and also ‘Add arguments’:  
/startengine

![image](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8d68034c4f3b77ef7c8ddfd9e683a97028bff3f9.png)

![image](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a5ff2d74c6b4ab9df7b4668428c4be67b9425371.png)

Everything else I’ve left pretty much as default.

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### Author: ![p37307](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/p37307/32/73_2.png) [@p37307](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/p37307)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/auto-start/5020/3 "2023-04-21T21:27:37Z")

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Instead of Task Scheduler drop a shortcut to MCEBuddy in the common startup folder if you want it to load for all users

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type shell:Common Startup.
3. Press Enter:
4. Copy the MCEBuddy shortcut from the desktop and Paste the shortcut on common startup folder.