There's something strange going on with my Xubuntu setup (13.10 at the moment, but I remember having this issue in 13.04 as well, before upgrading). Each time I log in, the system reopens the applications that I didn't close before shutting down the computer last time. This is strange since in the session and startup settings I don't have the Automatically save session on logout setting checked. What can I do to fix this issue ?
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Clear your sessions cache: Settings Manager, Sessions and Startup, Sessions Tab, Clear Saved Sessions.
Log out and log back in.
Reference: Xfce Docs » Core » Session Manager » Preferences
Another possibility is to delete the contents of ~/.cache/sessions. However, you will need to log out first and then open a console with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log in from the keyboard. Then delete the contents or move the files elsewhere, and close the console using Ctrl+Alt+F7. Now, on logging in via the GUI, you should have a clean session.
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1unfortunately that didn't solve the problem – misterjinx Nov 27 '13 at 07:12
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@misterjinx, see if the edit helps – Nov 27 '13 at 10:07
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1I did as you suggested the second time and the problem seems to be fixed. after I logged in there were no apps reopened from the last time. hope this will last. thanks! – misterjinx Nov 28 '13 at 07:43
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None of these answers worked for me long term. Even setting "restart style" to "Never" in "Session and Startup" -> "Session" tab didn't work either - the setting would eventually revert to "If running".
What seems to work so far is adding the following line to /etc/rc.local
rm -rf /home/*/.cache/sessions/*
before "exit 0", obviously.
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