# Automatic start pc

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-start-pc/4501
**Category:** General
**Created:** [2 November 2018 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-start-pc/4501 "2018-11-02T13:36:01Z")
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### Author: ![marioarmillei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@marioarmillei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marioarmillei)
#### Post date: [2 November 2018 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-start-pc/4501/1 "2018-11-02T13:36:01Z")

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i made a program on node-red.  
How to do that automatically starts the dashboard.  
i have window 10.

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### Author: ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [2 November 2018 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-start-pc/4501/2 "2018-11-02T13:41:01Z")

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So the dashboard is automatically started if you have a flow that uses the dashboard nodes.

Do you mean you want Node-RED to automatically start when you start your PC?  
If so see the section "Run Node-RED on Startup" [https://nodered.org/docs/platforms/windows](https://nodered.org/docs/platforms/windows)

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### Author: ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [2 November 2018 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-start-pc/4501/3 "2018-11-02T16:47:45Z")

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Do let us know if that documentation isn't clear so that we can improve it.