Access to the Windows Startup directory via Run

It's the "shell" command. For example, I can type

shell:startup

in the Run dialog to pop open the \Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory.

There are a LOT of the "shell" commands, and a long listing is at Access special folders easily using the shell command.

Create a small VBS program startup.vbs:

set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run("""" & objShell.SpecialFolders("Startup") & """")

This would open current user's startup folder in Windows Explorer. This would work in every still supported Windows version, in every language.

You can use "AllUsersStartup" instead of "Startup" if you need. You can read about SpecialFolders property here.

For Windows 7 or Windows Vista, start run:

c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\startup