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Wha t ’s the d ifference between…

Start and S tartup?

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Q I’m so forgive m e i f m y q uestion Windows 1 0, which i s w hat y ou’re u sing.
a t otal computer beginner,
f older i s n ot directly r elated
The Startup
seems n aive — b ut could you to the S tart menu. P rograms or program
explain t he difference between S tart shortcuts that live in the S tartup folder
and S tartup? I u nderstand that clicking will launch with Windows w hen y our
the S tart button a t t he bottom left computer starts up. S o, for e xample, i f
opens a m enu. However, I’ve seen you p ut a s hortcut t o M icrosoft Edge in
advice ( including i n Computeractive) the S tartup folder, then that web b rowser
to put things in the S tartup folder. would l aunch a s s oon a s W indows itself
When you s ay that do you m ean t he has s tarted up (hence the f older’s n ame). The S tartup folder is accessible from the
icons that appear in the m enu a fter I’ve Up to Windows 7 , t he Startup f older Start menu ( above)
clicked S tart? I ’m confused, so I h ope appeared in and w as accessible from the
you c an explain! I u se Windows 1 0. Start m enu. Windows 8 /8.1 obviously has Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\
Fran Fowler no Start m enu, so the S tartup folder Programs\Startup. A lternatively, p ress
wasn’t accessible that way. F or reasons Windows k ey+R, t ype s hell:common
A Let’s s tart with the b asics: unknown, this remains t rue w ith startup a nd press E nter.
clicking the S tart button
Windows 1 0, where t here’s no entry for
s hortcuts in the
o pens
Y o u’ll probably find
the S tart menu. Th is Start the S tartup folder i n t he Start m enu. Startup f older. Deleting existing ones
menu has e xisted s ince Windows 9 5, The Startup f older s till exists in both will stop t he related t ools launching
although Microsoft famously r emoved Windows 8 /8.1 and 1 0, but access is more with Windows; dragging shortcuts into
it from Windows 8 /8.1 — r eplacing i t convoluted. O ne option is to press this folder d oes t he opposite.
with a m uch-maligned f ull-screen Windows k ey+E to launch File Explorer Want to know w hat happened t o y our
version, s ometimes called the S tart and t hen n avigate t o C:\Users\ favourite p rogram, w ebsite o r t echnology?
screen. Th e S tart menu returned in [YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\ Email noproblem@computeractive.co.uk

Are m y O ffice a nd OneNo t e fi les g oing to be useless?

Q As Microsoft h as The content, though, w ill always r emain
e O ffice fi les saved
intact. Th
t o y our U SB
stopped supporting
Office 2007, memory sticks are j ust t he same as those
I d ownloaded your on your hard drive, so you’ll be able to
recommended r eplacement, open them with LibreOffice a t a ny point
LibreOffice. I h ave s aved in the f uture.
my Excel h ome a ccounts Unfortunately , LibreOffice d oesn’t
using L ibreOffice’s ‘ ODF currently h ave a n e quivalent p rogram for
Spreadsheet ( .ods) ( *.ods)’ OneNote, so if you’re ditching Microsoft’s
option. S imilarly , I h ave program y ou’ll n eed an alternative.
saved m y M icrosoft W ord Evernote ( www.evernote.com) i s a
documents u sing popular choice. It can import files from
LibreOffice’s ‘ ODF Text OneNote: just open the F ile m enu, then
Document ( .odt) ( *.odt)’ Evernote is a g ood alternative i f y ou need to open OneNote choose I mport f ollowed b y O neNote, a nd
option. H ave I d one t he 2007 files b ut don’t h ave M icrosoft O ffice then follow the p rompts (see screenshot).
right t hing h ere? I a lso
have a l ot of old c orrespondence If you p lan to stick w ith NEXT ISSUE ONSALE
Weds
saved o n U SB memory sticks. I A LibreOffice f or the l ong t erm 3 J an
want to keep these, b ut if I d elete then yes, saving your files using • • Is my laptop a l emon?
Microsoft O ffice I a ssume t hese will the p rogram’s ‘native’ format makes • • Why has right-click Rename
no longer b e a ccessible? I f s o, is there sense. W e s ay this because, a lthough stopped working?
a q uick way of converting t hese files LibreOffice i s a ble t o o pen M icrosoft • • How d o I m ove m y O utlook
en bloc? F inally, I h ave a lso u sed Office fi les (and vice v ersa), there w ill be data fi le?
OneNote 2 007. How d o I c onvert the occasions when small a spects of a ...And many more
information from that for u se in document won’t m ake t he journey
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