I found a partial fix that works for sleep and a shutdown with fast start enabled. On a cold power off shutdown, I still have to wait until all apps are loaded before logging in.
Settings, Accounts, Sign-in Options
Enable: Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in.
Thank you for you response. My startup apps are on the SSD. So you are saying they must all load before I log in? I don't understand why if that is true. Why wouldn't they continue to load?
I never had this issue on Windows 10 and until recently not on Windows 11. Maybe something to do with...
Loading about a dozen startup apps. If I wait 20-30 seconds until the HD light quits quickly flashing then login, all startup apps are loaded. I have disabled the 10 second startup delay, tried different combinations of fast start & hibernate on/off to no effect. I have also tried disabling a...