Autoruns for Windows
Autoruns is a free system utility by Microsoft Sysinternals that provides comprehensive insight into programs, services, drivers, and tasks configured to launch automatically during Windows bootup or login. It inspects far more autostart locations than the standard Windows Task Manager, making it an essential diagnostic tool.
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- ✓ Last checked: Nov. 4, 2026
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- Version
- 14.3
- Release date
- June 17, 2026
- License
- Proprietary
- Installer type
- zip
Install from the command line
How do I use this?
Type Terminal in the Start menu and open it, paste the command (Ctrl+V or right-click) and press Enter. It uses winget, Windows' own package manager, to install the program from its official source.
winget install --id Microsoft.Sysinternals.Autoruns -eSHA256 (file verification)
7b3a8eed819f732a3e4c134aecaeaebb8d643a46490ccddb82cc8a1a745c4cf7How to install
- Click the official download button on this page to retrieve the Autoruns archive.
- Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a folder on your computer.
- Launch Autoruns.exe (or Autoruns64.exe on 64-bit Windows) with administrator privileges.
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