SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher with Startup set to Manual is Running after Bootstrap I have on my Windows 10 PC an instance of SQL Server 2017 Developer edition
All the services Startups are set to Manual
Today I started the PC and found in the SQL Server Configuration Manager that the SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher was Running
I'd expect for it to be Stopped, since the startup mode is set to Manual.
Why? Is this a normal behavior I'm unaware of?
I found out the answer by myself.
I share it in case it might be useful for someone else
The default Shutdown setting for Windows 10 is &quot;Fast Startup&quot;, that means that part of the running system processes are Hibernated instead than shut-down. This way at startup they are loaded in memory in the state they where when the PC was shut-down.
So long to the &quot;turn it off and on again&quot; to be working as expected

&quot;Fast startup&quot; can be disabled in the settings