diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/explorer/services/startup.c b/reactos/base/shell/explorer/services/startup.c
index c8f79623dd9..083e6bf4851 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/explorer/services/startup.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/explorer/services/startup.c
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static BOOL ProcessRunKeys(HKEY hkRoot, LPCWSTR szKeyName, BOOL bDelete,
     {
         DWORD nValLength=nMaxValue, nDataLength=nMaxCmdLine;
         DWORD type;
+        WCHAR szCmdLineExp[MAX_PATH+1]= L"\0";
 
         --i;
 
@@ -390,7 +391,8 @@ static BOOL ProcessRunKeys(HKEY hkRoot, LPCWSTR szKeyName, BOOL bDelete,
             continue;
         }
 
-        if ((res=runCmd(szCmdLine, NULL, bSynchronous, FALSE))==INVALID_RUNCMD_RETURN)
+        ExpandEnvironmentStrings(szCmdLine, szCmdLineExp, sizeof(szCmdLineExp));
+        if ((res=runCmd(szCmdLineExp, NULL, bSynchronous, FALSE))==INVALID_RUNCMD_RETURN)
         {
             printf("Error running cmd #%ld (%ld)\n", i, GetLastError());
         }