How to Block reopening of Programs on startup Windows 10

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to block reopening of programs on startup Windows 10. When you restart your computer, Windows 10 is programmed to reopen applications. This retrieves programs that are open at startup. So, if you have Google Chrome open as well as other software open, when you restart Windows 10, it will re-open them. This may be annoying to you. Do you want to disable this automatic reopening of programs at Windows 10 startup? Then you are on the right tutorial.

Here’s how to avoid the reopening of programs when you restart Windows 10.
 

How to Block reopening of Programs on startup Windows 10: Temporarily

If you want to restart Windows without the programs reopening at the next startup. You must use the shutdown command. To do this:

Step 1: Right-click on the Start button, select Run.
 

 

 
Step 2: Type shutdown -r -t 00 and press Enter.
 

 
Windows 10 will restart the computer and the programs will not restart.

Finally, you can create a shortcut on the desktop with this command “shutdown“, So follow this tutorial on How to create a shortcut on Windows 10.
 

How to Block reopening of Programs on startup Windows 10: Permanently

You want to block the reopening of programs on Windows 10 startup permanently. Follow the next steps:

Step 1: Click on the Start button at the bottom left of your screen.
 

 
Step 2: Click on Settings.
 

 
 
Step 3: Select Accounts.
 

 
Step 4: On the left, click on the Sign-in options. Scroll down and disable the following option in the Restart apps section.
 

 
Windows 10 will restart the computer and the programs will not restart.