Kappy wrote:
No, it's because Spotlight by default does not search in any system folders. I don't think it's a good idea to lock the loginwindow plists.
It's the Resume feature of Lion:
Managing Mac OS X Lion's application resume feature.
If you shutdown your computer you should get a dialog asking if you want applications to resume on the next startup. Simply uncheck the box to prevent that from occurring. Open General preferences and uncheck the option to Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps. You can also install a third-party utility to control resume features on individual applications: RestoreMeNot or Application State Cleaner.
Note: RestoreMeNot only stops windows in Apps. It does Not prevent the apps from launching again.
No, thanks. Three reasons:
1. I don't want to have to click the checkbox Every Time I Logout, Restart, or Shutdown. This option should be available at LOGIN time, not logout time. Also, I should be able to set the default state of this checkbox.
2. If I am on a network, I get a warning dialog which says I am about to kick off other users. This dialog box has NO tickmark option to Not Resume, so I am stuck. I can never get the "Do Not Resume option" tickbox unless I pull the ethernet cable out of my machine before each restart.
3. When I restart, I 100% of the time want a fresh machine, just like I have for 25 yrs now. Thank you Apple.
Also Your link to "Managing Mac OSX ..." talks about the Saved Appllication State folder. On my machine, this folder is empty and locked and also has permissions revoked now. This does NOT help. This does NOT prevent the apps from relaunching on restart. This does NOT work for me. Thank you.
