AppPaths 2000

Applications you really depend on from the moment you run your computer can be set to automatically start with Windows. However, not all come with this as a built-in feature, but you can manually add them anyway. If there are too many, or some you might not want to automatically run anymore, AppPaths 2000 can track, display, and manage them.

Right after a short and uneventful setup process, you can run the application to see what, and how it can do for you. The main window might not appeal to everyone, with classic window panels and elements, but the general structure is pretty simple, and intuitive, so you might not have such a hard time accommodating.

There are a couple of tabs you can access, both structured in nearly the same manner. One of them shows all applications installed on your computer, along with their folder location, and paths. You can access corresponding properties for more details, edit existing parameters, remove, or even add new items, simply by specifying name, folder location, and path.

The second tab is dedicated to startup items. The list might make it a bit difficult to identify specific entries, and there’s no field to show whether the item is active or not. On the other hand, you can filter the list according to title, or command, and even choose to display items on local machine, current user, or just 64-bit keys.

Startup items can be managed in the same way, with the creation process differentiating itself through the command, and argument value fields. Again, you need to trust in the application entirely for a new startup item to work, because of the lack of a status indicator. What’s more, there’s no option to export lists, in order to keep a log on things.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that AppPaths 2000 comes with good intentions, letting you view, manage, and create startup items that bind themselves to system registries. Functionality is a plus, with options to filter according to hive, or architecture, but the visual design is a little rough, and might not appeal to everyone.