It may be a better idea to paste the shortcut on your desktop, instead of in your Startup folder. There is one caution to doing this, however: If Word has problems opening due to a corrupt Normal.dot file, corrupt printer driver, or corrupt document, it is possible that by making the document a part of your system startup, you could make your system unstable. From now on, whenever you start your computer, the document will be opened automatically.
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Windows creates a shortcut, in the Startup folder, to your document. Windows displays a Context menu from which you should choose Paste Shortcut. Right-click within the Startup folder.
You do this by clicking the Start menu, clicking All Programs, right-clicking Startup, and then choosing Open.
Outside of Word (within Windows), locate the document that you want opened.In order to have Windows start Word and open a particular document upon booting, follow these general steps: If it is a document (such as a Word document), then the document is opened, which also means that Word is started. If it is a program contained in the folder, then the program is run. When you start your computer, one of the things that Windows does is to open all the files contained in your system's Startup folder. Lou has a Word document that she would like to open automatically when she starts up her computer, and was wondering if that was even possible to do.Īctually, it is relatively easy to do.