How to remove installer prompt at shut down?

Talking about a MacBook Pro running 10.9.5. Something I brought on myself. I downloaded an installer for an app and began the installation, but changed my mind, canceled the installation and removed the app, installer and associated files. However, now at shut down I get a prompt with an installer icon asking if I want to abort installation or not. Choose abort and the computer shuts down. Choose "Yes" to continue the phantom installation and the system looks for the missing app then shuts down. How can I remove this prompt? Thanks in advance.

When you restart or turn off your Mac, OS X is set to automatically open the apps that were opened when you turned it off, so this could be the reason why the installer always pops up during shutdown.
To avoid this, uncheck "Reopen windows when logging back in" in the shutdown or restart window, or start in safe mode once (hold the Shift key while your Mac is starting up) and restart. This should fix the issue.

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