I have a program operation that is initiated when a user is logged on, but it is long-running and non-interactive in nature, and could be completed in the background. I'm confused by the process lifecycle in windows.

Can a user process reliably continue to run (in the background) in the face of:

• User signing out
• User switching to a different account
• User locking the screen

Can a simple process be resumed/reopened automatically (i.e. without scheduling some on-restart event or such) after:

• Wake up from sleep/hibernate
• Automatic reboot due to an update. (I often find browser tabs reopened in edge after an unexpected reboot. same goes for hyperv vms, which seem to be automatically paused and resumed)

I have a program operation that is initiated when a user is logged on, but it is long-running and non-interactive in nature, and could be completed in the background. I'm confused by the process lifecycle in windows.

Can any user process reliably continue to run (in the background) in the face of:

• User signing out
• Switching to a different account (without logoff)
• User locking the screen
• Power state switch (sleep/hibernate)

There exist programs that can restart automatically following a reboot/power cycle (e.g. Edge reopens its tabs after an automatic software update). Are those special cased, or are those simply regular programs hooking into some power-event API?

I have a program operation that is initiated when a user is logged on, but it is long-running and non-interactive in nature, and could be completed in the background. I'm confused by the process lifecycle in windows.

Will a user process reliably continue to run (in the background) in the face of:

• User signing out
• User switching to a different account
• User locking the screen

Can a simple process be resumed/reopened automatically (i.e. without scheduling some on-restart event or such) after:

• Wake up from sleep/hibernate
• Automatic reboot due to an update. (I often find browser tabs reopened in edge after an unexpected reboot. same goes for hyperv vms, which seem to be automatically paused and resumed)

I have a program operation that is initiated when a user is logged on, but it is long-running and non-interactive in nature, and could be completed in the background. I'm confused by the process lifecycle in windows.

Can a user process reliably continue to run (in the background) in the face of:

• User signing out
• User switching to a different account
• User locking the screen

Can a simple process be resumed/reopened automatically (i.e. without scheduling some on-restart event or such) after:

• Wake up from sleep/hibernate
• Automatic reboot due to an update. (I often find browser tabs reopened in edge after an unexpected reboot. same goes for hyperv vms, which seem to be automatically paused and resumed)

I have a program operation that is initiated when a user is logged on, but it is long-running and non-interactive in nature, and could be completed in the background. I'm confused by the process lifecycle in windows.

Will a user process reliably continue to run (in the background) in the face of:

• User signing out
• User switching to a different account
• User locking the screen

Can a process be resumed/reopened automatically (i.e. without scheduling some on-restart event or such) after:

• Wake up from sleep/hibernate
• Automatic reboot due to an update. (MS Edge+tabs are often still open after sleep. same goes for hyperv vms, which are automatically resumed)

I have a program operation that is initiated when a user is logged on, but it is long-running and non-interactive in nature, and could be completed in the background. I'm confused by the process lifecycle in windows.

Will a user process reliably continue to run (in the background) in the face of:

• User signing out
• User switching to a different account
• User locking the screen

Can a simple process be resumed/reopened automatically (i.e. without scheduling some on-restart event or such) after:

• Wake up from sleep/hibernate
• Automatic reboot due to an update. (I often find browser tabs reopened in edge after an unexpected reboot. same goes for hyperv vms, which seem to be automatically paused and resumed)