{"id":14951,"date":"2019-09-01T07:36:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14951"},"modified":"2019-09-01T07:36:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T07:36:21","slug":"automatically-close-apps-when-shutting-down-or-restarting-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/automatically-close-apps-when-shutting-down-or-restarting-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically Close Apps When Shutting down or Restarting Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you try to log off, shutdown or restart your PC, Windows 10 will give you the chance to save your work before gracefully closing all open programs. To proceed with the shutdown or restart process, you have to click on <strong>Shut down anyway<\/strong>. If you don&#8217;t take any action for a minute, it will bring you back to the desktop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/this-app-is-preventing-shutdown.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14958\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you get into the habit of saving your work before shutting down or restarting your computer, you can use a registry tweak to force Windows 10 to automatically close all apps without any prompt at shutdown, restart or log off, which helps saving valuable time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Configure Windows 10 to Automatically Close Applications at Shutdown or Restart<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To start, you&#8217;ll need to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Registry Editor<\/a>. To open it, press <strong>Windows<\/strong> + <strong>R<\/strong> on your keyboard and then type <strong>regedit<\/strong>, hit Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/regedit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9183\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to: <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Desktop<\/code>. In the left pane, right-click on the <strong>Desktop<\/strong> key and select <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>String Value<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/new-string-value.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14959\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Name the new string <strong>AutoEndTasks<\/strong>, then double-click it and set the value data to 1. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and restart your PC to apply the changes.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AutoEndTasks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14960\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>The next time you shut down, restart, or log out of your user account, Windows 10 will automatically close all running apps no matter if there is any unsaved work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you ever want to revert back, either delete the registry string <em>AutoEndTasks<\/em> or change the value data back to 0, Windows 10 will use the default setting instead.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you try to log off, shutdown or restart your PC, Windows 10 will give you the chance to save your work before gracefully closing all open programs. To proceed with the shutdown or restart process, you have to click on Shut down anyway. 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