Windows 10: Starting an app in Windows 10

Hi,

I have Windows 10 home 64bit and I wanted an app (Kodi) to run at startup.
I placed a shortcut to it in the folder than opened when I types shell:startup.
The app didn't start, but it does appear in the task manager startup with status enabled and startup impact high.
I checked the system configuration and it's set to normal startup (not selective).

Any idea?

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Starting an app as admintrator mode

When I use the Administrator account the app loads fine with administrative privileges. My account that I normally use is shown in the control panel as: :Local Account Administrator Password Protected". The user Account Control Setting is at the default
level (same level as the Net User administrator account was/

Please help me with suggestions.

PS: the command to activate the net admin account did not work "net user administrator /active: yes" it worked as "net user administrator"

 

Starting an app as admintrator mode

Hi Neil,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We understand the inconvenience caused and will assist you.

I suggest you to check if the issue persists in the built-in administrator account.

To enable the built-in Administrator account, follow the steps below:

1. Press Windows key + X and select Command Prompt (Admin).

2. Type the command line below and press Enter:

net user administrator /active: yes

3. Log off from your account and login to the built-in administrator account.

Note: Please follow the same steps and type
net user administrator /active: no to disable admin account after the troubleshooting is done.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

 

Try testing the same process with, say, a shortcut to Wordpad. Shouldn't be a problem... but I've no idea what Kodi is.

Can you run Kodi normally? Do you need to run it in compatibility mode?

Note this comment from their release notes:
Kodi 15.2 Isengard Final Chapter | Kodi
Windows 10 problems

Users who have installed Windows 10 should make sure that they have the correct video card drivers installed. We see a lot of problems that have to do with this reported on the forum. It’s not something we as team can do anything about. Make sure you have updated all drivers according to the manufacturers website in case you are experiencing problems. Windows 10 has just been released and as such is still in active development. Another thing that might be helpful is installing the special Kodi version 15 DirectX11 build which is mentioned a bit further down.

 

Thank you. I tried adding notepad there, rebooted, and now both notepad and Kodi opens. So actually the problem does not exist.
Should I delete this thread?

 

Glad it was easy. At least mark it solved.