How to Stop Windows 10 From Terminating Applications When Shutting Down [Tutorial]
59How to Stop Windows 10 From Terminating Applications When Shutting Down [Tutorial]
Set Microsoft Windows 10 to automatically close applications at shut down, and never worry about not shutting down properly again.
Most of the time users try to shut down their system without terminating all of the running applications. Windows 10 by default terminate the running applications when shutting down. However, users can change this and stop Windows from terminating applications. This will help the users in saving their ongoing work progress and closing the applications safely. In this tutorial, we will provide you with methods that can help you in changing these settings through different methods.
In Windows 10, when you try to shutdown or restart your OS and have some apps running which don't exit when they receive the call from the OS to close, the operating system shows you a message 'Closing X apps and restarting/signing out/shutdown', where X is a number of running apps. They are not terminated forcibly because they may still have unsaved data. However, if you are an experienced user who always saves his work before shutting down or restarting, you may want to disable this screen.
When you are signing out, or restarting/shutting down your PC, Windows tries to close running apps gracefully by informing each running app that they need to close. Windows gives these apps time to close so they will stop what they are doing and save their data. For example, if some program is burning a CD/DVD, it can inform the OS to delay the shutdown/restart/logoff so it can finish doing its task. When the application's process does not get terminated and remains running, you see something like this.
By default, if applications have unsaved data, Windows 10 will show a “closing apps and shutting down” screen that prompts the user to “Shut down anyway” or “Cancel“. Individual applications are listed as saying “This app is preventing shutdown” or “this app is preventing you from restarting“. After about two minutes, if the user hasn’t made a choice, it will kick back to the Desktop and not proceed with the Shut Down or Restart process.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung).