Windows 10: Background apps are they needed

Have an Asus transformer T100taf that is having battery problems. After a full charge and doing a shutdown, the battery is drained overnight. Battery usage info does not show a problem with the biggest user being the screen.(turns off with shutdown) After chasing this problem for several weeks, found a solution. I have turned off all background apps and leave them off. I see no apparent loss of function or performance. I assume they are in the background so as to give a faster start up of a particular app? I "think" that what might be happening is that wifi is still on?? updates are checking/installing, scans etc. I further assumed that when you did a shutdown, it meant just that?? Since I did this ~2 weeks ago, battery might loose 1-2% overnight. What am I missing that MS thinks these apps need to be turned on?

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Whenever I click on the apps they say they are open in my task bar but nothing shows up on the screen?

Hi,

Thank you for you reply.

I suggest you to Run the troubleshooter for Windows apps

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...790db/run-the-troubleshooter-for-windows-apps

Also, let us know if the issue occurs in Microsoft account or Local account.

Do you get any error message?

Help us with more information to assist you further.

Regards,

Guru Kiran

 

Whenever I click on the apps they say they are open in my task bar but nothing shows up on the screen?

I recently came across a problem where whenever I click on the apps Chrome and Skype they say they are open in my task bar but nothing shows up on the screen? I have tried reinstalling them both and nothing seems to work? Please help.

Original Title: app function with windows 10

 

I simply went down the list of Background Apps, around 55 in all, and switched them all Off.
I switched On - Mail, People, Settings, Weather and that's all.
Mail and Weather I have Live Tiles so obviously they need to be On.

It's entirely your choice, what you don't want/use obviously Off.

Being Off won't stop you using any of those Apps, just stops pointless junk running in the background.