How do I get windows to stay open upon restart?

Question

I keep my desktop very orgainized. I want my 2 windows to stay open at all times - my HD and my General folder. All files are in one of these and I have thousands of files (graphic designer). The box is checked to reopen all windows upon restart but they never do. And when I double click the HD icon I have to resize it and put it where I want it on the desktop and then I open my General folder and resize and reposition that. I want them to stay as I set them up, like they always did in 10.8. Any help??

Answer 1

You posted to the older PPC macs that were built before 2006.
You could write an applescript app and put it in your login items.
tell application "Finder"
        open folder "Applications" of startup disk
        select Finder window 1
        set bounds of Finder window 1 to {-3, 44, 691, 545}
        --set position of Finder window 1 to {33, 44}
        set position of Finder window 1 to {60, 45}
        activate
end tell
--------------------------------- This is an example.  It usese a different applescript program.  It is an example ----------------
Here is how to create an Applescript Application. 
Here is the program:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3033221?tstart=30
Required:
Turn on accessability GUI in system preferences.
Optional:
Full Key Codes
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21215
youpi or iKey
   youpi and iKey are keystroke remapping programs.
   youpi, the free version, works fairly well for me in Mac OS 10.4 although not officially supported.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11485&vid=75326
   iKey is the paid version
http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ikey/
on run
    -- Write a message into the event log.
    -- To see, run this applescript in Sript Editor. Click on Event Log tab at bottom of screen.
    -- Click run.
    log "  --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
    set fromApp to "Safari"
    set toApp to "TextEdit"
    --- We have arrived.
    say "we are beginning now."
    -- Start your application
    tell application fromApp
        activate
    end tell
    delay 1
    say "copy data to clipboard"
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process fromApp
            keystroke "c" using command down
            delay 2
        end tell
    end tell
    -- Start your application
    tell application toApp
        activate
    end tell
    delay 5
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process fromApp
            --  open file menu
            keystroke return
            keystroke return
            keystroke return
            keystroke "v" using command down
        end tell
    end tell
    say "good news, We are done."
end run
The first thing that you need to do is to make the text into an AppleScript program.
Start the AppleScript Editor
/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.app
In Snow Leopard it's at: /Applications/Utilities/AppleScript Editor
Copy the script text to the Applescript editor.
Save the text to a file as an application and do not check any of the boxes below.
If you want access to the script from your Script Menu, move the script (the saved script application file) to your
~/Library/Scripts folder. You can also drag it to your Dock or make an alias for it on the Desktop.<br><br>
To debug, run the script within the Applescript Editor. Click on the event log tab at the bottom of the window. Click  on the run icon.  The results from the log statement will be shown at the bottom of the screen.