Applications window open upon restart

I don't know if this indicates a problem or anything, but when I turn on my computer, the applications window is already open when the computer finishes starting up. Any ideas?
PowerMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

In System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login items, do you have an Applications folder and is it checkmarked? If so, deselect it.
In/library/startup items, do you have an Applications folder?
If neither of these is the case then navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences and trash these two files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
Then log out and back in again. Or restart.
(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)
Let us know.
EDIT: That Ferd must type with all his fingers
-mj
[email protected]
Message was edited by: macjack

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