Run both of these commands in an Admin PowerShell window: Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation L2L:1 L2R:0 R2L:0 R2R:0 Run this in a regular PowerShell window: New-Item $profile -ItemType File -Force Create a shortcut file... "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" pointing to "AHK\misc.ahk"