How can I prevent unwanted applications reappearing in the Mac OS X Lion dock?

Every time I log out and back in, or shut down / restart the computer, three applications that I have previously removed from the dock (Mission Control, the App Store and FaceTime) reappear in the dock. I see someone else on a different forum is having exactly the same problem.
I have no problem removing them during my session - I can right click 'Remove From Dock', and they disappear in a little puff of smoke. But when I log back in, there they are again.
This is not critical, but it's quite frustrating! Any ideas on how to stop this happening?
Thanks,
Helen

1. Find the file in: /library/preferences/com.apple.dockfixup.plist
2. Trash it
3. Restart
And done.
Basically, if you trash that file you tell your mac to build a new dock file and it will work fine after that. Had the same problem but this solved it for me.
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