Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders.
You can turn on Startup App Notification to get a notification whenever a new app registers itself to run at startup.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Startup App Notification for your account in Windows 11.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Startup App Notification in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Startup App Notification using REG file
EXAMPLE: Startup App Notification
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Notifications on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn On or Off (default) Startup App Notification for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2 Turn On Startup App Notification
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_ON_Startup_App_Notification_for_current_user.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.StartupApp]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
3 Turn Off Startup App Notification
This is the default setting
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_Startup_App_Notification_for_current_user.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.StartupApp]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
4 Save the REG file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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