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Apps reopening on start up after shutdown/restart

Anonymous
2017-10-20T02:18:07+00:00

As of today (the day after I prompted to install the Windows Fall Creators Update, which I did, and I believe to be the culprit,) when I shutdown or restart my computer, windows remembers the apps I have open and reopens them all in the state they were in.

While I can see why this would be a valued feature, I personally don't wish to use it, and I can find no documentation of it being added, nor can I find a way to disable it.

What's more is that after a couple of hours of troubleshooting via remote control with a windows troubleshooter, no fix was found.

To be clear, we disabled all non-windows services, checked the start-up menu, and double checked things like google chrome's settings (as this was the example I used; Windows reopening chrome with its tabs. For instance I had 4 empty chrome tabs open, hit shutdown, and next time I boot up my computer it opens up Chrome with 4 empty tabs.)

Is there a way to disable this feature?

EDIT: I have rolled back, reinstalled, and then rolled back the Fall Creators update and confirm that it is, in fact, definitely causing the issue. Still looking for a fix as not updating windows only works out for around a month.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-02T00:07:57+00:00

    Updated (2/20/18)

    There is a change with the Fall Creator’s Update where applications that have registered via RegisterApplicationRestart will re-open after a shutdown or reboot.

    What changed?  The advanced Windows Update feature which restores running applications after an update has been extended to regular shutdowns and restarts initiated through power options available on the Start Menu and various other locations.  This is to create a seamless experience wherein, if you have to reboot your PC, you can pick back up from where you left off and resume being productive. 

    We've heard the feedback that some of you would like to have a switch for turning on and off this feature, and have now added the ability to do this.

    Once you have installed the January 31^st^ update (KB4058258 (OS Build 16299.214)), you will be able to turn off this feature by going to Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Scroll down to Privacy > Toggle off Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart.

    Note: The feature is not available on PCs that are managed by enterprises nor on home PCs that are sync’d to enterprise (work, school, etc.) email.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-10T10:30:12+00:00

    There is a change with the Fall Creator’s Update where applications that have registered via RegisterApplicationRestart will re-open after a shutdown or reboot.

    What changed?  The advanced Windows Update feature which restores running applications after an update has been extended to regular shutdowns and restarts initiated through power options available on the Start Menu and various other locations.  This is to create a seamless experience wherein, if you have to reboot your PC, you can pick back up from where you left off and resume being productive. 

    There is currently no way to disable this functionality. To stop an app from restarting, you have to close them before you shutdown. Other ways are to sign out before shutdown, or by using the command line tool shutdown.exe to do a normal restart (“-r”) or shutdown (“-s”).

    We've heard the feedback that some of you would like to have a switch for turning on and off this feature, and are taking it into consideration. If you agree with this request, please upvote the tracking feedback in the Feedback Hub.  https://aka.ms/Qxl2oq

    This has to be a joke! FFS Microsoft... Stop forcing this nonsense on your paying customers. Now when I power on my PC and walk away while it boots, it starts playing youtube videos before I've even LOGGED IN!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-20T06:32:50+00:00

    I have the same issue. Fall Creators Update, also.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-10T10:27:53+00:00

    I'll try to get access to that ticket to vote on it. But just weighing in on this thread. It's extremely annoying that it does this. I have my kids using my PC on a separate account & they leave all sorts of things open before hitting Shut Down.. so when I boot it up, I get to the login screen and hear their last YouTube video playing!

    I log in with my account & it stops.. but when I go to Shut Down later, it says that another user is logged & and they'll lose work if I continue. This is really not useful in the slightest. It needs an option to turn it off.. it'd be much less of a problem if it was only my account, but with multiple user accounts on the same PC it's really annoying & doesn't feel like the UX people thought it through or tested it in this way.

    Thanks,

    Matt.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-11-02T00:36:18+00:00

    I think I found a temporary solution. If you do not want your applications to launch when you restart, you can use the win+x menu or right click on the start button and use the shutdown box from there. I think this is the same as the command line that PaulSey... references.

    (WIN+X, U, U, for shutdown, WIN+X, U, R, for restart)

    With some practice, you can use keyboard shortcuts to shutdown your computer faster than you can move the mouse.

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