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title: "CIMON Canvas Autorun"
canonical: "https://manual.cimon.com/space/CCANVAS/4290412560/CIMON%20Canvas%20Autorun"
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# <span style="color: #0747a6">**Registering CIMON Canvas as a Starting Program**</span>

Users can configure CIMON Canvas to run automatically when booting up Windows. For Windows 7 and above, there are two methods as shown below.

## Windows 7 and Above Method #1

1. Right-click on the **Canvas.exe** application > click **Send to** > **Desktop (create shortcut)**.
2. Then, you can either open the Startup window and press the [Windows] + [R] keys to open the Run window. Enter “shell:startup” in the search field and click **OK**.
  
3. Or open the File Explorer window and type “Startup” in the address bar, then press enter. You will be taken to the Startup folder as shown below.
  
  
4. Drag and drop or cut and paste the shortcut icon for CIMON Canvas into the Startup folder.
  

## Windows 7 and Above Method #2

1. You can either open the Control Panel > click **System and Security** > **Administrative Tools** > double-click **Task Scheduler**.
  
2. Or search “Task Scheduler” using the Windows search feature > click **Task Scheduler**.
3. Click **Create Basic Task…** on the upper right side of the Task Scheduler window to open the Create Basic Task Wizard window.
  
4. On the Create Basic Task Wizard window in the Create a Basic Task section, type “Canvas” in the name field > click **Next**.
  
5. On the Trigger section, click **When I log on** > **Next**.
  
6. On the Action section, click **Start a program** > **Next**.
  
7. On the Start a Program section, click **Browse…** > select the location of the “CIMON Canvas.exe” > click **Next**.
  
8. On the Finish section, click **Finish**.