is a global option that specifies from which directories packages are automatically loaded when the Wolfram System is started.


AutoloadPath
is a global option that specifies from which directories packages are automatically loaded when the Wolfram System is started.
Details

- The front end searches in each directory included on AutoloadPath for a subdirectory called FrontEnd that contains a file called init.m. It will execute the contents of all such init.m files it finds.
- The directories are searched using the FrontEnd`FileName function. Typical directories included on AutoloadPath are FrontEnd`FileName[{$UserBaseDirectory,"Autoload"}] and FrontEnd`FileName[{$InstallationDirectory,"Autoload"}].
See Also
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), AutoloadPath, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoloadPath.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "AutoloadPath." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoloadPath.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). AutoloadPath. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoloadPath.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_autoloadpath, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AutoloadPath}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoloadPath.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_autoloadpath, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AutoloadPath}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoloadPath.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}