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

What you should do is close all your programs before shutting down.

I don't want to manually close every app on my computer before shutting down. I run about 10 apps in the tray right now which automatically close themselves when I reboot because that's how they were designed to operate. They aren't apps which run on startup when I boot my PC for a reason, I open them on demand.

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

I don't really care what they've been asking for - I haven't been asked for it so why has it been forced on me and many others who feel the same way without a way to disable it? It's not OK to roll out a new feature which changes the way Windows has shut itself down for the last 20 years and then say it's my fault for not closing down windows.

Its considered handy especially when Windows 10 restarts after an update and you want to pick up from where you left off. 

So it should work like that only after an update then, not every time I shut down or restart.

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

I'll refer back to my original question - how can I remove this functionality natively within windows with hacks or workarounds and if that isn't possible right now when is it planned?

This is a new feature, though there is a known bug in this feature and Microsoft say they are working in it

For the moment, to stop this happening:

Go to Settings - Accounts - Sign-in

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

Hi Tom,

We just want to make a follow-up. Was your issue already resolved? Let us know if you're still experiencing this issue so we can recommend other troubleshooting steps that you can perform.

We look forward to your response.

No, it's not resolved. Unless Microsoft has released a patch to disable this "feature" that I'm not aware of? Windows shows I'm current on updates though.

Thanks for the workaround Greg.

As I noted in my post, I don't want to use shortcuts, workarounds or hacks. I'd like to be able to click Start > Shutdown and have it behave the same way it did before the update. It's extremely frustrating a change has been forced out without anyway to disable it.

This is a new feature, though there is a known bug in this feature and Microsoft say they are working in it

For the moment, to stop this happening:

Go to Settings - Accounts - Sign-in

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

This does not fix the issue or change the behavior.