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
    2018-07-11T13:18:46+00:00

    Welll. still no way to disable this ****?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-10T04:26:07+00:00

    Shutting down my computer should turn off all programs running and only restart programs set up to be restarted.  Having programs not set up to be restarted turning themselves back on makes me question if my computer shut down properly in the first place.  This is the best idea since Windows 10's active hours.  While on this subject, when is the Windows active hours flaw going to be fixed?

    Dear Microsoft, next time someone has a horrible idea like active hours or turning every program I ran back on, do not listen.

    If this incompetents continues, I will go back to Linux.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-04T14:48:24+00:00

    This is probably the **** "feature" Microsoft... Please add a way to disable it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-21T05:28:20+00:00

    I recently upgraded to an SSD and thought I was going crazy because my PC was taking 7-8 minutes to boot! 

    I followed this:

    Go to Settings - Accounts - Sign-in 

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

    Now my boot time is 4-6 seconds.

    Why would there not be a user-friendly off switch for this?

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-22T07:43:03+00:00

    You're a genius! And then there are the Microsoft employees saying it can't be done :D. OK, maybe the feature to disable it was implemented very recently :).

    I recently upgraded to an SSD and thought I was going crazy because my PC was taking 7-8 minutes to boot! 

    I followed this:

    Go to Settings - Accounts - Sign-in 

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

    Now my boot time is 4-6 seconds.

    Why would there not be a user-friendly off switch for this?

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