Run Blocked Startup Programs In Vista

Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Jason

Windows Vista is good for security, but sometimes it can go too far making it hard to run programs that you know are safe and not giving a way to run them in the future. The way it treats some startup programs is a classic example, frequently displaying an annoying ‘Windows has blocked some startup programs’ error message.

I’ve finally found a way to unblock startup programs in Vista and to remove the ‘Windows has blocked some startup programs’ message. To do this follow the steps below:

step1: Click the Start button and enter ‘Task Scheduler’

step2: Enter an Administrator password or click Confirm as required by UAC

step3: Click the ‘Create Task’ link (not Create Basic Task)

step4: On the general tab give the task a name

step5: Select a user account that has Administrator privileges

step6: Check the option “Run only when user is logged on”

step7: Check the box “Run with highest privileges”

step8: Click the ‘Triggers’ tab and click the ‘New’ button

step9: Select “At log on” from the drop-down list at the top

step10: Check the “Any user” option

step11: At the bottom under Advanced Settings check the Enabled box and click OK

step12: Click the Actions tab and click the New button

step13: Click Browse and locate the program you want to run at startup

step14: In the “Add arguments” box enter /Startup

step15: Click the Settings tab

step16: Check the box “Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed”

step17: Uncheck the box “Stop the task if it runs longer than:”

step18: Click OK, then OK again

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2 Responses to “Run Blocked Startup Programs In Vista”

  1. Anglozulu on 04 Aug 2008 at 5:47 am #

    Thanks Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. David on 24 May 2009 at 8:39 pm #

    There is an easier way. go to the startup folder. right click the blocked program and choose to run as administrator ad it will run it everytime you start your VISTA machine

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