If you are unfamiliar with the command prompt, feel free to read my command prompt beginner’s guide first. Step 1: Open the command prompt by going to Start, Run and typing in CMD. You can actually generate a list of all the startup programs in Windows using the command prompt or PowerShell and save the list as a text file or an HTML document. Follow the steps below.
In addition to the task manager looking a bit nicer and cleaner in Windows 8 and Windows 10, it also forgoes the checkboxes and gives you a column called Startup Impact to help you gauge how that startup item affects the boot time.
