programs opening at start up

[Gene]

I have XP and would like Outlook Express to open when I
start up my computer - how do I set it so that happens? I
have it this way on my computer at my office (Win 2000)
but haven't figured out how to do it at home on XP.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Right click the Start button, select Explore. In the Explorer Window that
opens, go to Programs, Startup. Right click in a blank area of the right
pane and select New, Shortcut. when asked for the path to the program, give
it %ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe for the name. Name the shortcut
as you would like, in the next step, and you're done :)

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"Gene" > wrote in message
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> I have XP and would like Outlook Express to open when I
> start up my computer - how do I set it so that happens? I
> have it this way on my computer at my office (Win 2000)
> but haven't figured out how to do it at home on XP.