Windows 10 re-opens all programs after shutdown / restart?

Anonymous
2017-11-08T14:28:13+00:00

Running Windows 10 Pro, v1790, build 16299.19

After a recent Windows update my computer now re-opens all programs I had open prior to restarting.

I've seen some registry hacks and workarounds on the internet but I just want the option to turn this off natively within Windows without workarounds.

How do I do this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-04-15T14:16:49+00:00

    This is a new feature, though there is a known bug in this feature and Microsoft say they are working in it

    For the moment, to stop this happening:

    Go to Settings - Accounts - Sign-in

    Go to Privacy and turn this option off 'Use my sign info to automatically finish setting up'

    This works on my computer (for now).

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-01T15:53:43+00:00

    <snip> All the instructions for different ways to shutdown to close programs are meaningless.

    I think that last statement was going a little far. At least there are workarounds until MS gets its act together.

    Using different shutdown methods or a shutdown script aren't workarounds for the two situations I have mentioned (laptop battery dying or unplugging because of scareware). Wouldn't that clearly make those instructions meaningless for both those circumstances?

    For a couple of rare-use cases, you are correct. Statistics don't favor the individual.

    My assumption is that a frozen or unresponsive system, which re-opens the applications that froze the system in the first place, is the primary"-use case". And definitely the more pertinent/serious one. 

    True enough. The other use-cases would have been at least educational, but BSODs and freezes are just plain annoying.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-02-28T21:52:52+00:00

    <snip> All the instructions for different ways to shutdown to close programs are meaningless.

    I think that last statement was going a little far. At least there are workarounds until MS gets its act together.

    Using different shutdown methods or a shutdown script aren't workarounds for the two situations I have mentioned (laptop battery dying or unplugging because of scareware). Wouldn't that clearly make those instructions meaningless for both those circumstances?

    For a couple of rare-use cases, you are correct. Statistics don't favor the individual.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-02-28T21:23:55+00:00

    <snip> All the instructions for different ways to shutdown to close programs are meaningless.

    I think that last statement was going a little far. At least there are workarounds until MS gets its act together.

    Using different shutdown methods or a shutdown script aren't workarounds for the two situations I have mentioned (laptop battery dying or unplugging because of scareware). Wouldn't that clearly make those instructions meaningless for both those circumstances?

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-02-28T20:49:50+00:00

    <snip> All the instructions for different ways to shutdown to close programs are meaningless.

    I think that last statement was going a little far. At least there are workarounds until MS gets its act together.

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