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
    2018-03-18T14:06:34+00:00

    I can't believe there's still not a fix to this. And for reference I did actually make a post about it on feedback hub 4 months ago, that got no attention, unsurprisingly, because it seems most people are completely unaware of this. Pretty telling too how staff disappeared from this thread midway through. How hard can it be to add a clear option to turn this "feature" off?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-22T12:50:35+00:00

    A misfeature, or a bug by design, intentional but unwanted and negatively impacting users.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-30T02:47:55+00:00

    Yeah, still sitting here sick of my laptop taking 10 minutes to load because it's trying to load all my previously open programs... IT'S A GOD DAMN 5400RPM DRIVE!

    Not to mention windows 10 being very slow at loading windows 10 on laptops without ssd's now anyway because some genius thought it was a good idea for windows 10 to use 100% of the drive all the time.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-30T04:54:18+00:00

    Your stupidity truly bewilders me and makes me question your company. Why make a feature that can not be turned off.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-03-31T12:15:04+00:00

    I'm using macos at work and, I assure you, you can turn it off because I did.

    If you want to copy, copy it right, please.

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