How do I keep applications from relaunching after power fail

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How do I keep OS X El Capitan from relaunching applications after a power fail or normal everyday system crash?

James

Posted on Oct 6, 2016 8:27 PM

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Answer 1

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 (Apple menu) > System Preferences > Energy Saver: De-select "Start up automatically after a power failure"

Restart or shut down your Mac, and de-select "Reopen windows when logging back in"

Your system should not crash at all, let alone every day.

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Answer 2

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These were already de-selected.

I opened a couple of applications and pulled the power plug. The applications were restarted after I powered on the system.

James

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Answer 3

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Delete them from your User Account's Login Items:

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Answer 4

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They are not in my login items.

This does not happen on a normal shutdown or restart. It happens when I pull the plug.

James

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