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      id="startup-applications">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#apps"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="prefs"/>
    <desc>Choose what applications to start when you log in.</desc>

    <revision version="18.04" date="2018-03-19" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
    </credit>

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  </info>

  <title>Startup Applications</title>

  <p>You can configure what applications should be started at login, in
  addition to the default startup applications configured on the system.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open <gui>Startup Applications</gui> via the <gui
      xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview.
      Alternatively you can press
      <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq> and run the
      <cmd>gnome-session-properties</cmd> command.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Add</gui> and enter the command to be executed at login
      (name and comment are optional). For example, to make Firefox start
      automatically, it's sufficient to type <cmd>firefox</cmd> in the
      <gui>Command</gui> field and confirm with <gui>Add</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note>
    <p>You can either type the command, or click the <gui>Browse...</gui>
    button and select a command. Applications to autostart are typically
    located in the <code>/usr/bin</code> folder.</p>
  </note>

</page>
