Windows 10: why does windows 10 FORCEFULLY CLOSES open applications when performing windows updates

Background:

Windows notified me of an upcoming update and that it would be installed 'off-hours'.. I left my computer that evening with lid closed (in sleep mode) and the following apps were left open - 1. outlook 365 (no newly composed emails; just several messages opened/read ); 2. google chrome, and 3. microsoft word (all docs saved).. the next morning i opened the dell laptop w/windows 10 and windows 10 updates was underway.. a few minutes later the laptop restarted automatically (windows update triggered).

The extremely annoying issue is that Windows 10 (2018) FORCEFULLY CLOSED all applications including OUTLOOK 365.. which caused outlook to conduct a 10-15 minute integrity test..

why in this day and age is microsoft FORCEFULLY CLOSING application (especially their own home-grown apps) which can ultimately cause LOSS OF DATA. ? Please correct sooner than later .. i am seriously considering suspending windows 10 updates.. and to work them manually once every few months..

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why does windows 10 FORCEFULLY CLOSES open applications when performing windows updates

Background:

Windows notified me of an upcoming update and that it would be installed 'off-hours'.. I left my computer that evening with lid closed (in sleep mode) and the following apps were left open - 1. outlook 365 (no newly composed emails; just several messages
opened/read ); 2. google chrome, and 3. microsoft word (all docs saved).. the next morning i opened the dell laptop w/windows 10 and windows 10 updates was underway.. a few minutes later the laptop restarted automatically (windows update triggered).

The extremely annoying issue is that Windows 10 (2018) FORCEFULLY CLOSED all applications including OUTLOOK 365.. which caused outlook to conduct a 10-15 minute integrity test..

why in this day and age is microsoft FORCEFULLY CLOSING application (especially their own home-grown apps) which can ultimately cause LOSS OF DATA. ? Please correct sooner than later .. i am seriously considering suspending windows 10 updates.. and to
work them manually once every few months..

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows fails to open applications

Hi,

Once I have several applications open Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 refuses to open further application. I have heavy-weight applications like Delphi and Eclipse open, but the OS has coped with this in the past.

No error messages are reported by the application I am attempting to open, and there are no messages in the event viewer. What is really strange is that once the OS gets itself into this state, it appears that the OS can't allocate enough memory to perform simple API calls. If I go into an application that is already open and try to open the file menu, or right click on the taskbar to open the context menu, nothing happens.

If I close a few applications, then the problem goes away. The Task Manager performance tab indicates that I still have ~1Gb of physical memory available.

I think this could be caused by:

- A memory module is damaged. My memory is comprised of 1x1Gb modules. When the system attempts to allocate memory in the second module, it is unable to. I think this is a bit of a long-shot because I wouldn't expect my PC to boot if a memory module was playing-up

- I've installed something that has put something malicious on my PC. The only things I've installed recently are PRGrep and WinGrep, but unfortunately I didn't make a system restore point, and windows hasn't retained those old restore points. However a full Sophos scan doesn't show-up anything.

Any suggestions on how to diagnose/fix this welcome because I'm baffled as to what is going on.

Thanks,

Frank.