# Please update "startup folder" docs for Windows 11
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375 "2024-12-06T18:14:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Davideesk](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/Davideesk)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375/1 "2024-12-06T18:14:28Z")
The options `no_console` and `no_browser` do not work with Windows Terminal (see: [Win 10 and 11 updates breaks --no-console](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/win-10-and-11-updates-breaks-no-console/19142)). As far as I understand it the legacy console was removed in Windows 11, so that is no longer a workaround. The option is grayed out for me.
The Task Scheduler method did work for me, but I did have to check the “Do not store password” option under “Run whether the user is logged in or not”. This is due to Windows 11 requiring using a Microsoft account instead of a local password. Maybe there is a way to get a password to work with Task Scheduler, but I could not figure it out.
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### Author:  [@dwids](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/dwids)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375/2 "2024-12-06T21:18:07Z")
I can confirm and fine-tune this a bit. I’ve been on Windows 11 for some time now and `no_console` worked as expected. That’s the only command-line option I used. This week I put on the latest Windows 11 updates ( **24H2** ) and `no_console` no longer works.
I found a few posts, but ended up getting to that same screen that tells me that ‘legacy console is not installed’ I can’t find a current set of instructions to install/activate it.
Update: I just found this [Deprecated features in the Windows client | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features) which says: 
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### Author:  [@billstewart](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/billstewart)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375/3 "2024-12-06T21:23:31Z")
Alternatively: Install using [Syncthing Windows Setup](https://github.com/Bill-Stewart/SyncthingWindowsSetup).
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### Author:  [@tomasz86](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/tomasz86)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375/4 "2024-12-07T01:05:13Z")
> [@Davideesk](#):
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> This is due to Windows 11 requiring using a Microsoft account instead of a local password. Maybe there is a way to get a password to work with Task Scheduler, but I could not figure it out.
There are simple ways not to use a Microsoft account in Windows 11, either during the installation process already, or even after the installation simply by converting the Microsoft account to a local one (or creating a new, local-only account, and removing the old one).
However, it is true that the current guide in the Docs at [https://docs.syncthing.net/users/autostart#windows](https://docs.syncthing.net/users/autostart#windows) was written a few years ago and is currently based on Windows 10, which at that time didn’t have all those Terminal-related issues (as the legacy console was still the default one).
> [@Davideesk](#):
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> `no_browser`
What issues have you experienced with the `-no-browser` option specifically? This one should work fine in Windows 11 too.
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### Author:  [@Davideesk](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/Davideesk)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375/5 "2024-12-07T02:39:37Z")
> [@tomasz86](#):
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> There are simple ways not to use a Microsoft account in Windows 11, either during the installation process already, or even after the installation simply by converting the Microsoft account to a local one (or creating a new, local-only account, and removing the old one).
I don’t mind using a Microsoft account personally. I was hoping that Task Scheduler would recognize that I was using one, but I guess Microsoft has better things to do than to update it. 😐
> [@tomasz86](#):
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> What issues have you experienced with the `-no-browser` option specifically? This one should work fine in Windows 11 too.
Oh, I kept seeing the console pop up and guess I thought it was an issue passing in the args. Looking back on it, the `no_browser` option did work. My apologizes.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/please-update-startup-folder-docs-for-windows-11/23375/6 "2025-01-06T02:40:06Z")
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