on a restart Fall Creators Update reopens apps from before

Bree said:

tested what?

Leaving apps open (which I never do normally), restarting laptop and expecting to see the apps reopen/still open like I've seen described in this thread.

Ahh, maybe you mean powering on not restarting. I'll test that.

No my laptop doesn't do that. If i leave apps open and shut down and then power back on no apps are open. Also, if I restart with apps open no apps are open when desktop comes back up.

I do have fast startup turned on.

tomseys said:

No my laptop doesn't do that. If i leave apps open and shut down and then power back on no apps are open. Also, if I restart with apps open no apps are open when desktop comes back up.

Do you have the Fall Creators Update yet? This is apparently a new feature in version 1709, all of the previous versions work as you describe.

tomseys said:

Yes see my stats on the side. I updated to Fall creators through windows update yesterday shortly after release at 1PM EST. I have version 1709 Build 16299.19 .

I did a few more tests leaving a lot of application open on 3 laptops. I tested them with shutdown/power up and also restart.
App stay closed like they always have.
Maybe it is my fast shutdown being on is the difference? Have you tried changing that setting and see if issue still happens?

I updated to Fall Creators a couple weeks ago and got the CumUpdate yesterday to 16299.19. Mine does shut down both w/wo holding Shift+Power button in Start button and closes all open apps and does expected restart with nothing open also. Also shuts down just closing laptop lid too. I have Fast Startup turned off.

I should mention when I shut down or restart I simply click start and then click power symbol and then click "shut down" or "restart". I don't use key combos or anything.

tomseys said:

I did a few more tests leaving a lot of applications open on 3 laptops. I tested them with shutdown/power up and also restart. Apps stay closed like they always have.

It's odd - there are half a dozen other PCs reported in this thread that restart all previously opened apps - yet you and Brink can't reproduce this effect. Maybe it's a regional variation in the ISOs? you and Brink are using en-us while I and (presumably) cereberus (post #16) at using en-gb.

And how should we explain this?

Jason[MS] replied on August 18, 2017
Microsoft Support Engineer

Hello to everyone in this thread!
This is actually a change in the core functionality of Windows in this development cycle.
Old behavior:
- When you shut down your PC, all apps are closed
- After reboot/restart, you have to re-open any app you'd like to use
New behavior:
- When shutting down your PC, any open apps are "bookmarked" (for lack of a better word)
- After reboot/restart, these apps will re-open automatically
If you want to start with no apps open (other than those set to auto-start via Task Manager/Start), you'll need to ensure all apps are closed before shutting down or restarting the PC.
Why?
The desire is to create a seamless experience wherein, if you have to reboot a PC, you can pick back up quickly from where you left off and resume being productive. This has far-ranging impacts across the OS (in a good way).

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...?page=2&auth=1

That was a response from a Microsoft Engineer about build 16257. Perhaps they took it out again, but not in the en-gb version?