Windows Startup Apps
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startup apps visible in the normal Windows view
OPEN SOURCE · WINDOWS · LOCAL-FIRST · MIT
See what really starts with Windows.
Windows shows the obvious startup apps. BootLens brings more of the startup system into one understandable, local view.
No public release is published yet. The repository is ready to build locally.
23 ↔ 562one real test-machine comparison
4interface languages
LOCALcore works without an account or cloud
COMING SOONCommunity coming soon
ONE MACHINE · ONE MOMENT
Windows showed 23. BootLens found 562.
The numbers below are a concrete test-machine observation, not a universal benchmark. They show the difference between a user-facing startup-app list and a wider inventory of startup-related mechanisms.
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BootLens
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startup-related entries detected by the wider scan
Measured on one test machine. Counts vary by installed software, Windows configuration and the categories being inspected.
HOW IT WORKS
From scattered startup paths to one local picture.
BootLens scans known Windows surfaces, normalizes what it finds and presents the evidence before any supported change.
Windows surfaces
Read startup-related configuration from the local machine.
Scanners
Inspect Registry, folders, Tasks, Services and advanced surfaces.
Analysis
Normalize identity, state, publisher, path and trust evidence.
Understand and act
Search, compare, review and change only what the app can handle safely.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
A wider inventory, with guardrails.
BootLens combines discovery, explanation and careful controls instead of treating a single score as an answer.
Startup discovery
See multiple startup mechanisms in one searchable local inventory.
DISCOVERWhy does this start?
Trace the mechanism, source location, process and command behind an entry.
UNDERSTANDLocal efficiency scoring
Keep efficiency estimates separate from trust and Community signals.
MEASURETrust signals
Review publisher, signature, ownership, missing executable and related evidence.
UNDERSTANDHistory and changes
Compare scans, keep boot measurements and export local reports.
MEASURECommunity coming soon
Community functions are not available yet and are temporarily disabled. Community Score is Coming soon…
COMMUNITYPRIVACY BY DEFAULT
Your startup data should stay yours.
The main workflow is local. Community functions are not available yet and will arrive in a future release.
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Local core
The app does not need an account or a cloud service for its core workflow.
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Community coming soon
Community is temporarily disabled while the feature is being completed for a future release.
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No automatic execution
Discovered command lines are inspected, not run by BootLens.
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No fabricated measurements
Boot measurements remain unavailable until real local observations exist.
A FAIR COMPARISON
Different tools, different jobs.
BootLens is not trying to replace every Windows diagnostic tool. This is a capability-level orientation based on the current project scope.
| Capability | Windows Startup Apps | Sysinternals Autoruns | BootLens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple startup-app view | Yes | Not its primary focus | Yes |
| Broader autostart surfaces | Limited | Broad | Selected surfaces |
| Local explanation and context | Basic | Technical detail | Mechanism-focused UI |
| Boot history and local changes | Not provided here | Not the focus | Local storage |
| Interface languages | System-dependent | System-dependent | English, Italian, Spanish, French |
| Community functions | Not part of this view | Not part of this tool | Coming soon |
BUILD FROM SOURCE
No broken download button. Just the real path.
GitHub has no published BootLens release yet. You can build the self-contained Windows x64 app from the repository with the same commands used for local validation.
PowerShell
dotnet restore BootLens.sln
dotnet build BootLens.sln -c Release
dotnet test BootLens.sln -c Release --no-build
.\scripts\publish.ps1 -Version 0.2.6The portable ZIP is written to the local artifacts folder. An installer requires Inno Setup 6.