Last file re-opens when I launch a program

Just upgraded to Lion. Every time I launch a program (Word or Illustrator, for example), it opens the last document I worked on in my previous session. This is very annoying. Sometimes I don't want a co-worker or client to see the last thing I had open in Word or Illustrator. How do I stop this?

Go to System Preferences - General tab. Uncheck the box "Restore windows when quitting and reopening apps".
This might be a good option on a few applications, but can't see any reason you'd want to reopen the last windows in every application you install. Dumb idea, Apple.
Hope this helps!

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