diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 14989b73..b547015b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -943,6 +943,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parselnk"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d098204d9ef47f80312460c1555a152972ea9f0a67487a77b2ab7e03fd510d4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.2.1",
+ "byteorder",
+ "chrono",
+ "thiserror",
+ "widestring",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -1700,6 +1713,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix",
  "notify-rust",
  "openssl-probe",
+ "parselnk",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "regex",
  "rust-ini",
@@ -1958,6 +1972,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "widestring"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c168940144dd21fd8046987c16a46a33d5fc84eec29ef9dcddc2ac9e31526b7c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b80fba44..13b7a985 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ self_update_crate = { version = "0.23.0", optional = true, package =  "self_upda
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 self_update_crate = { version = "0.23.0", optional = true, package =  "self_update", features = ["archive-zip", "compression-zip-deflate"] }
 winapi = "0.3.9"
+parselnk = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 rust-ini = "0.16.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bca6f2af..e506b55c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
                 .join("Packages/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalState"),
         );
 
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        windows::insert_startup_scripts(&ctx, &mut git_repos).ok();
+
         if let Some(profile) = powershell.profile() {
             git_repos.insert_if_repo(profile);
         }
diff --git a/src/steps/os/windows.rs b/src/steps/os/windows.rs
index dacc3f77..e7bee518 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/windows.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/windows.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-use crate::error::SkipStep;
 use crate::execution_context::ExecutionContext;
 use crate::executor::{CommandExt, RunType};
 use crate::powershell;
 use crate::terminal::print_separator;
 use crate::utils::require;
+use crate::{error::SkipStep, steps::git::Repositories};
 use anyhow::Result;
-use std::process::Command;
+use log::debug;
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::{ffi::OsStr, process::Command};
 
 pub fn run_chocolatey(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
     let choco = require("choco")?;
@@ -85,3 +88,25 @@ pub fn windows_update(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
 pub fn reboot() {
     Command::new("shutdown").args(&["/R", "/T", "0"]).spawn().ok();
 }
+
+pub fn insert_startup_scripts(ctx: &ExecutionContext, git_repos: &mut Repositories) -> Result<()> {
+    let startup_dir = ctx
+        .base_dirs()
+        .data_dir()
+        .join("Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup");
+    for entry in std::fs::read_dir(&startup_dir)? {
+        if let Ok(entry) = entry {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            if path.extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str) == Some("lnk") {
+                if let Ok(lnk) = parselnk::Lnk::try_from(Path::new(&path)) {
+                    debug!("Startup link: {:?}", lnk);
+                    if let Some(path) = lnk.relative_path() {
+                        git_repos.insert_if_repo(&startup_dir.join(path));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}