Everything is opening when I log in or restart.

So apple decided to include this new feature where before you log out/shutdown/restart, there is a checkbox you can mark that states "Re-open windows when logging back in", and I have that UNCHECKED but it still opens everything when I log back in, even if I quit all applications before logging or shutting down, they still decide to open up. I quit everything to save space and to not kill my computer, but it still insists on overwhelming me with application windows popping up..and this is really starting to get annoying. I have been trying multiple ways and tried multiple things to see what may be the problem, all of which below didn't work.
•Checked the box before shutting down, and then the next time I checked it again before shutting down, same result.
•Went into system settings to see what applications automatically open when I log in (which were Pages and Adobe Reader), removed them, same result/no change.
•Closed all applications properly, same result they still all opened when I logged in.
•Force quit everything...same result.
So, nothing worked above..but what I mean by everything..well all applications I had opened for the past day..listed below.
•Pages
•Adobe Reader
•Grapher
•Mail
•Notes
•Safari (Like all the pages I had opened before shutting down, even if I closed them)
•iTunes (They even remembered the song I left off: "Get Off My Cloud" Even after I correctly quit the application!)
•System Preferences (***?)
•Text Edit
•iPhoto
•Preview
So that's it! IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME, I would be mostly grateful, this has really gotten on my nerves, and I also have like no space either, so every time I log in I have to quit the applications I had already correctly quit the day before or a few hours ago, I'm just amazed on how my computer can remember the places I left off so well, even after I quit.
Thanks, Cameron †

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