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

What you should do is close all your programs before shutting down. Its similar to a functionality on macOS users have been asking for years on Windows. Its considered handy especially when Windows 10 restarts after an update and you want to pick up from where you left off. If you don't like it, then you will have to go with Gregs work around or downgrade to an older version.

It´s also a feature that has existed on Windows for years ... It´s been called "Hibernation".

It´s very annoying that Microsoft has basically forced a function that is bad for computers using SSDs on users that don't want it. My computer has been taking longer and longer to boot up lately, and (after following the steps outlined above to) maybe turning off this unwanted "feature", my computer actually booted up much faster. 

If I (or any other Windows user) want my programs to come back up when I shut the computer down, and return to my previous state of work, I would either put it to sleep (which I do sometimes, and is better for the SSD), or put it in hibernation. 

Granted, hibernation and sleep don´t work when you restart after an update, but that is about the only useful situation for this "feature", and Microsoft should not have released it if it doesn't work as intended. 

If only they can figure out how to get the programs that I actually want to start when I turn my computer on, that would be great. (Before anyone says anything, yes, I have added them to the startup folder, I have enabled them in task manager, and they are enabled in settings, so there's no reason why the programs don't start at log in)

Still waiting for MS to remove this garbage, I mean who on earth would think this would be a good idea?

There are so many problems that people have and can easily been seen. For example I shut down my PC and booted it up this morning and it opened up youtube and started playing my music I was listing to early in the morning waking everyone up.

People on slow computers now have to wait even long to boot up because it's trying to launch unwanted programs you were finished with the previous day.

People on laptops with 5400rpm drives now runs even slower.

People without SSD's.

People with not enough ram and hogs it all at the start of windows booting.

The list goes on...

It really makes me want to switch to something like a mac... AND I HATE MACS.

This option is not available on my domain connected PC.  I'll have to take it up with my IT department, but I've seen in some posts in this thread that this does not work.

Thanks.

A third-party program conflict can be the reason for this error. To isolate your concern, we recommend that you check this article on how to perform a clean boot in Windows. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update. You may also determine what conflict is causing the issue by performing this method.

Note: Please go through the section: How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting to boot the computer in normal startup after fixing the issue.

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Hi Tom,

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