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Thunderbird has suddenly decided to auto start each time I logon to the desktop. Xubuntu 16.04.

It is not configured to auto start in the session settings panel, where else should I be looking ?

hatterman
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If my memory serves me correct, it has to do with the state files that are stored in the ~/.cache/sessions/ folder. Removing all those should take care of this.

rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions/*

If that works, you could write that into a startup script to clear that folder out each time you boot up.

Hope this helps!

Terrance
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  • That did the job. Cheers ! – hatterman Jan 07 '17 at 16:26
  • @hatterman Glad it helped you, and glad that I recently went through this. =) – Terrance Jan 07 '17 at 16:26
  • Just did a quick google on '.cache/session/' and got a stack exchange link about this very issue. http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/52087/clear-xfce4-session. Looks like I could also have just put the desktop into the state I want (so close all apps would be enough) then save the session on logout. Never thought of that !! Anyway, your answer did the trick. – hatterman Jan 07 '17 at 16:30
  • @hatterman Ah, good find. Nice to know about the session saving on logout. =) – Terrance Jan 07 '17 at 16:34