My last session keeps being restored even though i shutdown my pc

[jayar0729]

Need HELP guys. I just updated to Windows 10 couple of days ago. I noticed that when i shutdown my computer, my last session applications are being restored. Example: tabs open on google chrome before i shutdown are being restored automatically even task manager opens up if i didn't close it before i shutdown. I disabled fast boot and hibernate but to no avail. Kindly give me instruction if someone knows the solution. thanks in advance

 

[Ralston18]

Are you clearing history when you close Chrome?

Check all of the options, add-on's, etc. in Chrome. Sometimes the relevant settings are not where you would expect. (Not using Chrome.)

Good chance that some default setting that you had to close/clear tabs has been turned off.

Likewise check Windows 10 ("WIN" + "I") privacy settings. All sorts of configuration options to be found.

 

[jayar0729]

Are you clearing history when you close Chrome?

Check all of the options, add-on's, etc. in Chrome. Sometimes the relevant settings are not where you would expect. (Not using Chrome.)

Good chance that some default setting that you had to close/clear tabs has been turned off.

Likewise check Windows 10 ("WIN" + "I") privacy settings. All sorts of configuration options to be found.

thank you for answering. But it is not a Google Chrome only problem. It occurs on most of my applications even the task manager reopens when i reboot my computer. I tried to tweak windows 10 settings but cannot find solution.

 

[Ralston18]

Open Task Manager and check the Startup tab.

Disable apps etc. that you do not wish to launch at startup.

Failing that, please provide a more detailed list of applications are being affected.

The list may help identify some common factor...

 

[mjslakeridge]

For Chrome, click on the orange "up" arrow in the upper right corner of the screen. Then select "settings", and scroll down to "on startup" and select something other than "continue where you left off".

If that doesn't work, then I would suspect you are going into sleep or hibernate mode rather than shutting down.

 

[jayar0729]

Open Task Manager and check the Startup tab.

Disable apps etc. that you do not wish to launch at startup.

Failing that, please provide a more detailed list of applications are being affected.

The list may help identify some common factor...

Google Chrome and task manager are the most affected applications of this problem. They are not listed on launch at startup.

 

[jayar0729]

For Chrome, click on the orange "up" arrow in the upper right corner of the screen. Then select "settings", and scroll down to "on startup" and select something other than "continue where you left off".

If that doesn't work, then I would suspect you are going into sleep or hibernate mode rather than shutting down.

Good day, "continue where you left off" on chrome is not ticked so I guess it is not the problem. I'm pretty sure I clicked the shutdown button and windows say shutting down so I guess that is not the case. Really can't figure out if it is a OS related problem. Tried to re install windows but still no luck.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Very odd then. I am still on Windows 8.1 for my everyday computer, so I don't know about which settings deep inside of Windows 10 might be causing what you are experiencing. Personally, I always hibernate my computer at the end of each day, specifically so I have all of the applications ready the next morning when waking up the computer (Chrome tabs, Instant Messaging Apps, Task Manager, IP camera viewer, volume mixer, MSI Afterburner hardware monitor, etc.)

 

[Colif]

This is a new feature of win 10 since the last update, All unclosed programs will re open on startup

So far, turning fast startup off doesn't stop it.

I will have to look into this on weekend.

 

[mjslakeridge]

If that is indeed a new feature of Windows 10, I think some people will like it, as you can get the benefits of hibernating or sleeping, while still powering the computer off (I know it is never completely off, unless the power cord is unplugged or PSU switched off). Others may find it annoying, but exiting programs before shutting the PC down would seem to solve it.

 

[jayar0729]

This is a new feature of win 10 since the last update, All unclosed programs will re open on startup

So far, turning fast startup off doesn't stop it.

I will have to look into this on weekend.

Good day. I hope Microsoft would include setting to disable it.

 

[Colif]

Here's a silly workaround for the similarly silly new feature.

Some background first: Windows seems to shutdown as if %WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe was invoked with the /sg /hybrid /t 0 parameters. The magic is in the /sg parameter which tells it to "restart any registered applications" on the next boot. The "old" /s parameter still exists and shutdown can be invoked with it manually.

To quickly call shutdown.exe like that, create a shortcut either in your apps list (%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs for all users, %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs for the current user), or somewhere else and then pin it to start.

The important shortcut properties are the following:

Name: Shutdown
Target: %WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe /s /hybrid /t 0
Start in: %WINDIR%\system32
Optional:

Name: Add a non-breakable space (Alt+Num255) in front of it to appear at the top of the All Apps list. You can try other fancy Unicode characters if you like.
Run: Minimized to prevent the ugly command prompt from popping up shortly.
Icon: Change to something nice (there's an XP-style shutdown icon available in the default shell32.dll, or some close / critical icons in imageres.dll).
Comment: Leave a rant here about the dumb new feature.

https://superuser.com/questions/1261910/after-windows-10-fall-creators-update-recent-used-app-will-launch-on-startup

 

[jayar0729]

Here's a silly workaround for the similarly silly new feature.

Some background first: Windows seems to shutdown as if %WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe was invoked with the /sg /hybrid /t 0 parameters. The magic is in the /sg parameter which tells it to "restart any registered applications" on the next boot. The "old" /s parameter still exists and shutdown can be invoked with it manually.

To quickly call shutdown.exe like that, create a shortcut either in your apps list (%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs for all users, %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs for the current user), or somewhere else and then pin it to start.

The important shortcut properties are the following:

Name: Shutdown
Target: %WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe /s /hybrid /t 0
Start in: %WINDIR%\system32
Optional:

Name: Add a non-breakable space (Alt+Num255) in front of it to appear at the top of the All Apps list. You can try other fancy Unicode characters if you like.
Run: Minimized to prevent the ugly command prompt from popping up shortly.
Icon: Change to something nice (there's an XP-style shutdown icon available in the default shell32.dll, or some close / critical icons in imageres.dll).
Comment: Leave a rant here about the dumb new feature.

https://superuser.com/questions/1261910/after-windows-10-fall-creators-update-recent-used-app-will-launch-on-startup

Thanks for the Info. As much as I want this annoying behavior to be gone, I think I will just wait for Microsoft to revised this feature (hoping they would). I hope next time Microsoft will always leave option on their user's choices.