Even though I have the box saying "Reopen windows when logging back in" unchecked (it shows up prior to shutdown), nothing checked under my login items under "users and groups", and the "close windows when quitting applications" box checked in "general settings", word, excel, powerpoint, safari, etc (any application that I did not manually quit out prior to shut down) still open up automatically upon startup. How do I stop this? By the way, I am running Mac OSX version 10.9.1.
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Applications keep opening upon startup
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What I usually do when this happens is before shutting down check my dashboard and if there's a little line underneath the icon, it means it's still open so I right click (I have right click enabled on my MacBook because it makes things easier for me) and click quit and that usually resolves the issue for me.
Having "Reopen windows when logging back in" unchecked like the OP stops this from happening whether they're open or not when you shutdown.
Even when I was on my dad's iMac and I had it unchecked, it still opened up my previous applications and the only way for me to ensure that it wouldn't happen was to do what I did.
Yeah... It's weird
None of my apps have the "open at login" option selected either and it does this. I'd have to manually quit them... This never happened on Lion. It just happened when I updated to Mavericks and now I'm finally vocalizing my problem.
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Thanks, I'll try and see if the update does anything to fix my problem.
None of my apps have the "open at login" option selected either and it does this. I'd have to manually quit them... This never happened on Lion. It just happened when I updated to Mavericks and now I'm finally vocalizing my problem.
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Thanks, I'll try and see if the update does anything to fix my problem.
Yeah, I've checked to see if any of the apps on my dock have that checked and none of them do.
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I've unchecked everything under "login items". I've tried everything pretty much.
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And I don't think my MacBook Pro is the problem either since it has never given me any sort of problems and it ran fine on Lion with no such issue as the one I'm currently experiencing. I mean everything else regarding my mac is fine. Speed is fine. Time it takes to shut down, restart, boot up, etc. is all fine and efficient.
Well it actually happens sporadically, and regarding the "login items" none of my applications were on that list to begin with, at least none of the applications that start up automatically upon booting up (Microsoft word, powerpoint, excel, and safari and chrome sometimes).
I don't have it anymore, this was when I was using my dad's iMac. I have a rMBP and haven't had a problem because I still close them just in case. It's a force of habit, I guess.
yeah, the checkbox is just to "hide" it. Not sure what that means exactly but you need to remove it from the list completely for it to not appear at startup.
Applications keep opening upon startup
It makes the app startup like you used cmd + H on it.
It makes the app startup like you used cmd + H on it.
None of the applications that startup are even on that list in the first place so...
So, what IS on that Login Items list? Are there any documents or folders on the list (which don't need to be there)?
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So - try this Quit all apps from the Dock, close all finder windows.
From the Apple menu, choose Force Quit. Force Quit everything that's in that folder, other than Finder.
Restart your Mac.
Which apps, if any, launch automatically this time?