Track Startup Programs with PowerShell "get-wmiobject" on Windows 10

Q

How to track and maintain startup programs with PowerShell on Windows 10? I know how to use PowerShell cmdlets.

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A

If you want to get a list of all startup applications on your Windows 10 with PowerShell cmdlets, you can use the "Get-WmiObject" cmdlet as described in this tutorial:

1. Start a PowerShell window

2. Run the following command.

C:\fyicenter> powershell
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\fyicenter> get-wmiobject Win32_StartupCommand
   | select-object -property name,command,location
   | format-list > startup-programs-2.txt

3. Open startup-programs-2.txt in Notepad. You see a list of startup programs recorded in the file, as shown in the example below:

name     : OpenOffice.org 3.2
command  : OpenOffice.org 3.2.lnk
location : Startup

name     : Google Update
command  : C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Google\Update\1.3.33.7\GoogleUpdateCore.exe
location : HKU\S-1-5-21-867...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : McAfee Security Scan Plus
command  : C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE~1\311~1.599\SSSCHE~1.EXE
location : Common Startup

name     : Microsoft Office
command  : C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office10\OSA.EXE -b -l
location : Common Startup

name     : Apoint
command  : C:\Program Files\DellTPad\Apoint.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : SysTrayApp
command  : C:\Program Files\IDT\WDM\sttray64.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : QuickSet
command  : c:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\QuickSet.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : IntelTBRunOnce
command  : wscript.exe //b //nologo "C:\Program
           Files\Intel\TurboBoost\RunTBGadgetOnce.vbs"
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : BTMTrayAgent
command  : rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files
           (x86)\Intel\Bluetooth\btmshell.dll",TrayApp
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : IgfxTray
command  : C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : HotKeysCmds
command  : C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : Persistence
command  : C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : OneDrive
command  : "C:\Users\TGRX301-1\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe" /background
location : HKU\S-1-5-21...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : 92456107C05D3327D2CF37750833593722823168._service_run
command  : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=service /prefetch:8
location : HKU\S-1-5-21...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : OpenVPN-GUI
command  : C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe
location : HKU\S-1-5-21...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : Docker Desktop
command  : C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop.exe
location : HKU\S-1-5-21...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : SecurityHealth
command  : %windir%\system32\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : RtHDVCpl
command  : "C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RtkNGUI64.exe" /s
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : RtHDVBg
command  : "C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RAVBg64.exe" /MAXX4
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : AdobeGCInvoker-1.0
command  : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AdobeGCClient\AGCInvokerUtility.exe"
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

name     : AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0
command  : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\UpdaterStartupUtility.exe"
location : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Keep this file startup-programs.txt in a safe place, so that you can compare it at a later time to see if there are any new startup programs are added in your system.

 

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