You are visiting your dear old granny and she asks you for computer help the moment you walk in her door. She complains that when she turns her computer on a lot of applications open and she doesn't want them to open automatically. The PC is running Windows 10. Where should you go to disable applications from starting up on boot?
In Task Manager under the Startup tab you can deselect any programs and applications you don't want opening automatically on startup.
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