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I use 'msconfig' to control what programs startup at boot (etc) - is there a powershell way of doing the same ?

I tried:

get-help startup

This brings up:

Register-PSSessionConfiguration
Get-PSSessionConfiguration     
Set-PSSessionConfiguration     
Enable-PSRemoting              
New-PSSessionConfigurationFile 
New-Service                    
Set-Service                    
Set-WmiInstance                
about_PowerShell.exe           
about_Remote_FAQ               
about_Remote_Troubleshooting   
about_Windows_RT               
about_WS-Management_Cmdlets

I just wanted a Powershell list which is the equivalent of what is shown in the 'msconfig.exe' ("System Configuration") Startup tab.

I'm on Windows 7, with Powershell 4.0.

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There is no such built-in functionality, but you can use AutoRuns module:

AutoRuns is a module that will help do live incident response and enumerate autoruns artifacts that may be used by legitimate programs as well as malware to achieve persistence

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  • Thanks ! Slightly odd marketing to include it's 'dark-side' malware-ready credentials though :-\
    – monojohnny
    Apr 15, 2016 at 11:09
  • or did you mean that 'AutoRuns' is good at detecting certain classes of malware !? Rather than being a good tool to write malware with ? !
    – monojohnny
    Apr 15, 2016 at 11:10
  • @monojohnny AutoRuns module provides PowerShell implemenation of SysInternal's Autoruns functionality. Since it's author is interested in malware research and forensics, he also added some related functionality (like PoweLiks malware detection).
    – beatcracker
    Apr 15, 2016 at 12:45

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