Restore windows when quitting option missing

brewster1134 · Jul 23, 2012

In Lion, under Preferences > General, there used to be the option 'Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps'. This option seems to be missing in Mountain Lion.

All my windows are restored on restart but I want to disable that. Is this possible in 10.8?

Tom in London · Jul 28, 2012

Me too

brewster1134 said:
In Lion, under Preferences > General, there used to be the option 'Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps'. This option seems to be missing in Mountain Lion.

All my windows are restored on restart but I want to disable that. Is this possible in 10.8?

Yes - where has that option gone?

steve-p · Jul 28, 2012

It's now called "Close windows when quitting an application" and the meaning is reversed, i.e. check the option to not restore windows.

Tom in London · Jul 28, 2012

Still doesn't work then

steve-p said:
It's now called "Close windows when quitting an application" and the meaning is reversed, i.e. check the option to not restore windows.

Thanks steve - I had already done that, but it still seems not to work.

steve-p · Jul 28, 2012

Tom in London said:
Thanks steve - I had already done that, but it still seems not to work.

Oh. It seems to be working for me, but I only tried Preview.

fresh1978 · Sep 9, 2012

steve-p said:
It's now called "Close windows when quitting an application" and the meaning is reversed, i.e. check the option to not restore windows.

It also doesn't work for me. Is there a script for a manual override? I've used that successfully under 10.7, but I can't find it anymore.

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