Do Not Resume Last File

Greetings earthlings.

I need some help here with my OSX Lion.

For some reason every application I use (Preview, Word, TextEdit, Excel, etc.. etc....)

Opens up the previous document I had open along with it.

I almost crapped my pants when I was getting ready for a class presentation when I opened up a PDF in preview, and a copy of the playboy magazine i was reading 3 days ago opened up also!

How can I stop this from happening??

P.s. I always quit the application (CMD+Q). and not close out each file singular with CMD+W

You can hold shift when open an app for a temporary solution
OR
Go to System Preferences - General - uncheck "Restore windows when quitting and reopening apps"

Thanks for the fix, but, if you don't mind, could you make the solution a little more difficult? I feel like an idiot for not figuring it out for myself! So simple - (and I have been using Macs since the IIe. Oh well.

That BS just started with Lion and just one of the reasons I went back to Snow Leopard. I don't think I like where Apple is going with the OS.

cradom said:

That BS just started with Lion and just one of the reasons I went back to Snow Leopard. I don't think I like where Apple is going with the OS.

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Well it's not going away, so you can either adapt (most of the things people don't like about Lion can actually be fixed or worked around anyway), stay on Snow Leopard for an eternity (and shut yourself off as the market advances), or switch to Windows/Linux (both of which have upsides/downsides AND a learning curve). Your choice, though I should add that there's nothing "wrong" with any of the choices so long you can accept the consequences.