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?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-31T20:11:42+00:00

    "If you don't like it, then you will have to go with Gregs work around or downgrade to an older version. "

    A Microsoft tech helper advises you to downgrade your updates and expose your system to security breaches.  Wow! Idiocy of the supreme order.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-31T20:05:25+00:00

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    Since it is a new feature of Microsoft,we encourage you to submit your issue using the Feedback Hub. When you submit a feedback item, we gather additional details and information about your issue that will help determine what's causing it and address it.

    We look forward to your response."

    What a f@cking moron.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-31T20:02:10+00:00

    "Its similar to a functionality on macOS users have been asking for years on Windows. "

    So, mac users are now dictating to Microsoft?  Wow!

    I use windows because I never want to own an Apple product, yet the all-pervasive tablet/cellphone/app culture has now been adopted by MS, whose attitude seems to be 'thanks for your decades of support and money, but damn you all'

    Maybe I can apply to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a grant to start a software company that will actually respect it's customers.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-30T14:32:53+00:00

    are you the devil? opening a computer and having 20 apps boot up that you don't need is such a pain. Similarly, having to manually turn off all the apps after doing a workload is a huge pain.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-01-29T15:43:36+00:00

    I completely agree with Nik_871. If you are going to put in a feature like this. Give us a way of turning it off. The work around that its easy just close everything and you will be fine is dumb. What if i restarted because something went corrupt. This is just going to get me stuck in a loop. Also if i'm shut down my computer i am done with it. When i start up i want to start fresh. Not where i was before. 

    The fix is simple. Give us an off switch for this stupid feature. Please.

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