After a restart, how to force MS Windows to reopen previously opened applications like on MacOS?

[tanjackson]

[DrMacintosh]

I think your best option is to hibernate your machine. This should dump your memory to disk, which Windows will read back into memory when you boot up. 

[TheLANguy]

If using Windows 11, open Settings, click "Accounts", click "Sign in options" then scroll down to additional settings and turn "Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in" on.

 

If your using Windows 10, open Settings, click "Accounts", click "Sign in options" then scroll down and enable this setting:

[tanjackson]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I think your best option is to hibernate your machine. This should dump your memory to disk, which Windows will read back into memory when you boot up. 

After my PC waking up from Hibernation or Sleep, it can't connect to the internet. Is there anyone else experience the same?

 

I tried to run command to flushdns, renew, etc but no luck. I end up have to reboot to connect to internet again. 

[TheLANguy]

1 minute ago, tanjackson said:

After my PC waking up from Hibernation or Sleep, it can't connect to the internet. Is there anyone else experience the same?

 

I tried to run command to flushdns, renew, etc but no luck. I end up have to reboot to connect to internet again.

Have you tried running the Internet Connections troubleshooter?

[tanjackson]

4 minutes ago, TheLANguy said:

Have you tried running the Internet Connections troubleshooter?

Nope. I see MS troubleshooter is useless most of the time when it comes to fixing stuffs like audio, internet, USB connections, and etc. 

[TheLANguy]

On 1/29/2024 at 4:30 PM, tanjackson said:

Nope. I see MS troubleshooter is useless most of the time when it comes to fixing stuffs like audio, internet, USB connections, and etc. 

Have you tried going into Device Manager and opening the Properties of your network adapter and disabling this setting?

You could also try reinstalling the device driver.

[tanjackson]

On 1/29/2024 at 4:59 PM, TheLANguy said:

Have you tried going into Device Manager and opening the Properties of your network adapter and disabling his setting?

You could also try reinstalling the device driver.

 OMFG. YOU ARE A F***** GENIUS. IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM. may I know your background in IT?

 

 

[TheLANguy]

2 minutes ago, tanjackson said:

 OMFG. YOU ARE A F***** GENIUS. IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM. may I know your background in IT?

Always happy to help others!

Windows can be a real pain to deal with sometimes.