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

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.

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This does not fix it and I don't see how it would. This is not a problem with a third party application, this is a problem with a feature Microsoft implemented in the Fall Creator Update which seemingly has no way to be disabled.

Hello tom.wildes, I’ll be answering your question.

This is a new feature which arrived with the fall update/upgrade, there is no way currently to turn it off but if you close all open programs they shouldn’t then reopen upon restarting.

It's not a bug it's a feature.

Hello tom.wildes, I’ll be answering your question.

This is a new feature which arrived with the fall update/upgrade, there is no way currently to turn it off but if you close all open programs they shouldn’t then reopen upon restarting.

I have every program closed, but, unbeknownst to me, Microsoft keeps its own Microsoft Word running somewhere in deep background. So, when I turn on the computer, I get 4 or 5 editions of MS Word trying to open some damn dumb template. It is a pain to close them every time I start the computer. (It reminds of that scene in the Harry Potter movie when all of the pots start replicating themselves in the vault in Gringots.) 

My only solution is to open task manager just before I shut down my computer. I then look the "Details" tab and delete all entries for MS Word. What a stupid pain, but that is the only way I get the fresh start that I should get when I start my computer, without having to spend the first 5 minutes shutting down these crazy re-starts of MS. Word.

I am sure someone loves this feature, but it is a total pain to me. Please hurry up with an option to turn this feature off.

Hi Tom,

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.

Shouldn't user friendly mean, letting the user decide if he wants such a feature on or off?

Anyway in my case it's specially anoying, some programs like Visual Studio need to be run in admin mode, but after a shutdown, they are being restored under my login credentials.. duh.. Making my startup longer and effectively helping me nothing