Programs not quitting properly

I'm not sure when this started: is it because of the last OS upgrade or is it something I've added? I don't know.
I quit a program. I know I have quit because I have checked several times using Option+Cmd+Esc to see if it still needs quitting and all is OK, so I switch off. When I restart, the program restarts too - frequently before Finder has properly installed itself, which causes further problems.

I have never seen or at least noticed a box like that. I had a look at Systems Preferences to see if there was anything there, but couldn't find anything.
I shut down by pressing Shut Down from the Apple menu with Option pressed. My feeling is that it no longer shuts down properly - in other words, it's not making sure everything is off, but then I have already done that by inspecting Force Quit. It mainly happens with games, but not the same game and the other day it was QuickTime.

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