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
    2018-01-31T21:05:19+00:00

    I have to agree with firkinellareyadafton this one. I mean, how many non-Apple users requested this "feature?" In the end, who cares?

    The real problem is the unilateral implementation of a "feature" with no way for the user to control it (I could add the unilateral implementation of Cortana and OneDrive to that list, and I'm sure there are others.)

    Please implement an off switch for the "Pick Up Where I Left Off" feature.

    Yes, I have added similar comments to Feedback Hub.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-06T02:40:50+00:00

    This "feature" is so stupid.  I had Chrome open because I just finished watching an episode from my streaming site.  I decided to do a restart and walked out of the room.  I come back after cooking dinner for my family and I find that Windows 10 had re-opened chrome, had "watched" 1 and a half episodes of the series I was watching, and had caused me to watch the wrong episode the next time because of the watch history function.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T00:14:19+00:00

    use alt+f4 to shutdown and put a txt doc next to the shutdown button desktop/ left hand bottom corner  named (SHUTDOWN USE ALT +F4 ) to remind you every time. cheers

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-21T17:07:39+00:00

    Why you guys at Microsucks always come with the "third-party" excuse?

    When the company that develops the most widely used OS around doesn't know how to disable their new "exciting" features, seems to me that you have not understood that common-sense and keep-it-simple is the way to do the things. Apes with developer skills.

    Fix it!!!

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