Windows 10: Apps default to full screen after Fall Update

Since I installed the fall update I have a number of store apps and games which now revert to full screen on being started instead of the size last used.

Any ideas anyone?

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can't change windows default apps after last update in windows 10

After Fall Creator's update, many APP defaults changes. Word 2016 defaults Wordpad.

 

My computer is stuck like this when I'm back at safe mode and normal +

It's seems that my computer fixed the problem, I'll fix the network problem..

 

Hey Jim, *Smile

Is tablet mode turned on by chance?

*Arrow Turn On or Off Tablet Mode in Windows 10 General Tips Tutorials

 

Hi Shawn,

I have dual monitors in "extend mode" and tablet mode is disabled.

 

Odd. You might see if toggling tablet mode on/off may cause the apps to no longer open full screen by default.

 

I cannot turn on tablet mode.
When I reboot it gets turned off because I have multiple displays.

Update:
I switched multi-screen to duplicate and then fiddled around with switching tablet mode on and off.
Then set the problem games to my desired size for my "super-wide" Dell monitor and rebooted.
That seems to have fixed things.

Thanks for point me in the right direction Shawn. *chuckle

 

Unfortunately the problem has returned.

However I have to say that this is the only issue I have experienced since installing the fall update.
One very positive result has been that boot up time has been substantially reduced. It had been getting so bad that I was on the point of doing a fresh install but the update has removed the need for that.

 

Well, I suppose if that's the only buggy issue, it's not too bad.

 

Where are the store Apps stored?
Would it be possible to use the properties to control how they open like we can with standard apps?

 

The packages for the Store apps are stored in the "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" protected folder.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to use the same properties trick on them though.

If you haven't already, you might see if resetting the affected apps may sort them.

*Arrow Reset App in Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials

 

Unfortunately that doesn't work. *Sad

 

The culprit was "Windows Defender notification icon" which actually appears twice in the Task Manager Start-up display despite the fact that I have de-activated Windows Defender.
I have disabled both entries and that has solved the problem.

 

Odd that would cause the apps to open full screen. *Confused

 

Indeed it is.

I think what may have been happening was that the position/size of the apps windows was not being saved.
In any event, I went through a binary search process of elimination; disabling non-windows services via config.msc and then when I established that none of those were the problem I went through the same process with the Start-up entries in Task Manager eventual narrowing it down to those two entries.

I will admit that my first reaction on seeing them in Task manager was to kick them out since I thought there was little point in their being there since I had killed Windows Defender.
But, being a MF Software Dinosaur, I just had to verify things. *chuckle