Didn't ask Word or Illustrator to open at startup.

Somewhere along the way, probably after an upgrade or reinstallation, Word and Illustrator began opening at startup. I searched this support group for help and followed advice I found: 1. System preferences/users& groups, login items - the two programs are not listed there. 2. hard drive/ library/ startup items - the two programs are not listed there. So could someone help me stop these two programs from opening at startup?

They were open and I wasn't closing them at shutdown. I guess that is why they were reopening at startup. Thank you! What I can't remember is, in the past with older OSs, if one used an application during the day and then shutdown without closing the program, would that program automatically open the next time the computer was started? I'm thinking (or hoping) that the reason I can't remember is I never used to shut the computer down. Only started to do that recently.

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