Wish Windows Would Reload Your Apps After a Reboot? There's an App for That

Pesky Windows -- always wanting to reboot after installing new updates and patches. You'd think the OS would be courteous enough to restore your currently running programs (much like Firefox restores tabs after a crash or restart), but, alas, no.

Enter Cache My Work, which reopens your apps after a reboot. It's especially handy for those times when you step away from your PC for awhile, only to discover upon your return that Windows has restarted without even asking you.

The utility builds a checklist of "cacheable" programs that are currently running. Tick off the ones you want to restore, click Save, and you're done. (You also have the option of restoring Explorer windows, a nice touch.)

Of course, you can force any program to run at startup by dragging it to your Windows Startup folder, but that's a hassle. Cache My Work offers a quick and easy way to auto-run selected apps whenever you start -- or reboot -- your system.

Best of all, it's free. [via Download Squad]