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How do I disable "reopen windows when logging back in"

This is not the resume facility ... I have turned that off in the general preferences.


This is the message that requires a tick every time I shutdown. How can I change the default?


I do not want loads of apps to load everytime I start. I do not want to have to keep saying this everytime I shutdown. I do want the option to set it to off once and for al!


Any suggestions?


Thanks.

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 2:03 AM

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Dec 10, 2012 7:12 AM in response to yvesmagat

I am sorry that did not do it for you. I will have to say at this point, it is above my knowledge. If their opening is not HARMFUL, and if they can be turned off, then maybe live with it?

One last idea.... Turn them off, restart computer. Turn them off immediately if they open again- and restart again.

Then if that does not do it- I am lost. There is a mail feedback dropdown in the menu....maybe ask there.

OH WAIT!! ONE more idea. Quit mail and remove it from the dock. Quit word and remove it from the dock. NOW restart it a couple of times.

Open mail, and close mail, restart. Tell what happens.

Apr 27, 2013 1:13 PM in response to softwater

Just opened the folder in the Finder and tossed the file. Found that with a search for the name 'systempreferences' there were a number of system botched up preferences.


In fact, all the ones with crazy characters after their name are ones that were saved and never renamed to take the place of the old one. For some reason the system tries to replace the file each time instead of just modifying the file.


When a bunch of files named like this:


com.apple.iChat.plist.NjbY4gA

com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.crash.plist.m6AGw5b

com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist.XRAmUck


not only are those files trash, it is very likely that the same file without the garbage at the end:


com.apple.iChat.plist

com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.crash.plist

com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist


are corrupt and are causing you grief. It is a good ideas to throw out the file ending in garbage and the corresponding one that ends in just '.plist' so the app can recreate the preference again.


Never had so many prefernces file corruptions in Mac OS 9 with resource forks. Resource forks had self validation, checksums and the whole nine yards. These plist text files are always getting corrupted.

How do I disable "reopen windows when logging back in"

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