CS4 Opens w/Marquee Tool active

I find it annoying that CS4 opens with the Rectangular Marquee tool active, causing me to switch to the Move tool. I have tried to save a new workspace setup hoping the Move tool would be selected, but that didn't work.
Am I missing something obvious? If not, any suggestions?

Just had another test, now this is strange, if you change to the Elliptical Marquee Tool the select the Move tool. Close and restart allthough the Elliptical Marquee Tool is still showing, it is the Rectangular Marquee Tool that is active!.
If you would like the code here it is...
#target photoshop
if(findCurrentTool() == 'marqueeRectTool' || findCurrentTool() == 'marqueeEllipTool') selectTool('moveTool');
function selectTool(tool) {
    var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref7 = new ActionReference();
        ref7.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID(tool) );
    desc9.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref7 );
    executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc9, DialogModes.NO );
function findCurrentTool(){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var cTool = typeIDToStringID(executeActionGet(ref).getEnumerationType(stringIDToTypeID('tool')));
return cTool;

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