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PowerShell command to list startup apps

To list startup apps in PowerShell:

Get-CimInstance Win32_StartupCommand | Select-Object Name, Command, Location, User | Format-List

To write the list of startup apps to a text file:

Get-CimInstance Win32_StartupCommand | Select-Object Name, Command, Location, User | Format-List > C:\startup_audit.txt

To list startup apps in a GUI:

Get-CimInstance Win32_StartupCommand | Select-Object Name, Command, Location, User | Out-GridView