Windows 10: Why the Task Manager automatically does not start from the Startup folder at user log on?

I want the Task Manager to be able start automatically each time when user login to the Windows. The following article describes how to Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10. I created shortcuts exactly according to the article above. But the Task Manger doesn't start.My shortcut in the Startup folder:As you can see in the shortcut parameters the Task Manager is starting in the minimized state, but I can see it icon in the System Tray.How I can start the Task Manager, in minimize state, automatically from the Startup folder on a user log on, and see it ic

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Task Manager-Startup

Here are three methods to invoke a task:

1. By placing a program or a shortcut into this folder:
   
   c:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
2. By specifying it in this registry location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
3. By creating a scheduled task that gets triggered at startup or at logon time.

 

Task Manager - Startup tab

Actually, I like your suggestion as a first step.

Unchecking the wrong thing in Autoruns can brick a system.

 

Task Manager Startup Items missing

I just tested this on Windows 10 version 1903 and it still applies. If you delete either your Startup folder or the All Users startup folder, then all items disappear from Task Manager Startup tab (even if all items normally there are from the registry).

As soon as you recreate even an empty user startup folder or empty all users startup folder (both must be present), then all items reappear on the Task Manager Startup tab.

I was helped by a Windows 8 answer from six years ago: