Windows 10: Window 10 Apps Keep Opening On Their Own.

Hey Guys!

I didn't know who to turn to and you guys seem to know alot about Windows 10 so far and might be able to help me. I have been using WIndows 10 since they released it and one issue has been plaguing me since then. Whenever I leave my computer and come back after some time i will notice apps are opened sitting in my taskbar. The main apps that do it are Photo and Calendar.

I don't use those apps for either photo or calendar things and I am not even signed into Windows 10 with a MS account.

But every hour or so, these apps open up and hang out in my taskbar. I have even removed them from default apps and uninstalled what I could but no luck.

Any ideas.

:)

 

Apps opening own their own

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



Do you have the apps pinned to the taskbar?

For now, you may run the system maintenance troubleshooter.

Try the followings steps to run System maintenance troubleshooter:

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  Click "Search" and type "Troubleshooting" without quotes and hit enter.
  
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  Click “System and security”
  
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  Select "System maintenance"
  
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  Click next to run the troubleshooter
  
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Apps opening own their own

I have upgraded to Windows 10 and I keep having apps open own their own. The Windows store, photos, phone app etc. It seems like it is always these apps and they are minimized. The only way I know they are open is they show up down on the task bar. I close
them and then they open again.

They do this even when I am not on my computer. Last night I went to bed and when I got up this morning they were all open.

This is really annoying. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

I have the same issue... but so far only with the Photos app. I'll look down and notice it in the taskbar, then I open it, but there's never any image loaded, and I don't recall clicking/evoking anything that would make the system think I wanted to view an image.

Also of note (?), this only happens on my secondary monitor (I run the latest version of DisplayFusionPro).

Lastly, can I confirm... no such thing as right-clicking an image and selecting Preview anymore? Is the Photos app - or an equivalent - the new norm?

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

 

I ended up removing the unwanted apps or apps causing issues
used this guide here - https://thomas.vanhoutte.be/miniblog...ndows-10-apps/

 

Bravo! Thank you *Smile

 

Made an account to reply when I saw your post, same here, also have Display Fusion, second monitor taskbar is where the icons pop up (Store, Mail and Calendar for me.) So might be related to DF? I'm going to post on their Steam forums and ask about it. If I get any info, I'll try and comeback to post it.

And yes I have noticed an absent of a preview option in the right click menu. Seems you have to use "Open with" and select 'Windows Photo Viewer' to get the same result as 'preview'

Microsoft should really allow a core installation of the OS, minus all apps when installing, seems pointless to have a 'custom' option when you end up with a bunch of rubbish like an express install.
If I want apps, I know how to get and install them thanks MS.
It's pretty much the same as programs you buy that then try and stick you with awful toolbars or other junk you never asked for or wanted.
I mean I noticed you ask cortana to play music and it loads what I thought was the new version of media player, yet if I double click a song in it's folder and the old style media player loads......

I mean how many photo apps, and music players etc, do they think people want on a single OS? Why would I want two default programs that do essentially the same thing?

And having to use powershell to uninstall apps....... seriously?

I liked Windows 10, but now the novelty has worn off the problems with it are becoming painfully apparent.
Makes me wonder what all these beta testers were doing during the preview.....

One problem, if you read the comment section apparently this does not uninstall the programs and remove their files from the pc, it only hides/disables them for the current user. If you log in with another user the apps will reappear.

 

Strange enough I have Display Fusion aswell, that got me thinkin.

as for the app needing powershell to be removed/disabled, that was like that in some of them in the preview for 10. It's like those carrier apps when you get a cell phone lol. Just part of the OS, it's silly lol

And even if it disables the app instead of removes, that' fine... the issue has not happened since.

 

I found this thread because I was having the same problem. It is related to Windows and Display Fusion, but DF has a fix. It's in beta right now, so it might be a little buggy, but you can get it at this link.

 

Also experiencing the same issue with DisplayFusion installed. Will try the beta. Thanks for the info.

 

Hmmm..... *Confused*Confused*Confused

I am having the same issue with multiple monitors, but I don't have DisplayFusion as far as I am aware. Not something I have consciously installed, and I don't think I can see anything from DP in Task Manager.

Any ideas anyone?

Cheers
S

 

I guess no one else has this issue then???

 

I do. I have never had DisplayFusion and I'm using a single monitor and this issue is driving me bonkers.

It seems to hold certain apps that were opened in recent history in a TSR type mode, and it keeps opening them over and over. Actually, what I think is happening is that they were never truly/fully closed to begin with -- there's likely some process that isn't readily recognizable for us to manually close ourselves, so it sits there waiting for the OS to wake it up and when it does.. bam, its parent app reappears in Task Manager.

It doesn't seem to matter how much registry cleaning, rebooting or shutting down of every process imaginable, they keep coming back to life! It's so annoying to see and it's consuming resources unnecessarily! *Mad

I wonder whether there's some kind of hidden, scheduled task that W10 is running which keeps apps' associated process(es) active for a given period of time since the app was last run.

 

A lot of us had this problem.
MS admitted problem in last insider build:

Known issues for PC
Apps such as Store, Photos, and People may launch on their own after your PC has been inactive for a period of time. To stop these apps from launching on their own, un-maximize the app before closing it.

 

I'm having the same problem but its the settings app that opens