Applications opening previous files automatically, can I stop this?

All of my applications have a weird quirk since I installed Lion.  Every time I start them they automatically open the last file viewed.  Is this a new feature of Lion or a glitch that hasn't been worked out yet?  And is there anyway that I can stop it because it's severely annoying.  Thanks for any input!

It is called "Resume" and is one of the "250+ new features "of Lion.
You can disable it in Systemsettings - General Prefs ( where you also set blue or grey as the desktop colors ).
Below the "last used objects" you find the setting if Lion shall also remember how apps were closed and if Lion shall re-open them with where you left.
You can also let it be default and decide on a  per App / per Usage decision for each app that makes use of these features : In the menubar when you go to "Quit (appname)" , hold down the option key - then "quit" becomes "quit and forget state" ( similar meaning, i have german osx ) .

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