autostart - How do I start applications automatically on login?

How can I make an application automatically start when I have logged in?

14.04 and later

• Open the Dash and search for "Startup Applications"

  
  

  




• Now click on Add and give in the command to run the application. This can be found in Main Menu if installed (see below) or as shown in this question.

  
  

  

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Using Main Menu (alacarte )

• Firstly open the program 'Main Menu' (type Menu in the Dash)

  
  

  




• Now select the program which you want to add to startup and click on properties .

  
  

  




• Now note the command for that program .

  
  

  

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Non GUI approach

Advanced users may want to put a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart to run applications after a user login. This may have following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=
Exec=
Icon=
Comment=
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true