Mission Control won't recall Space settings.

Greetings.
I'm having issues with the OS remembering my Mission Control/Space settings.
I have certain apps assigned to specific desktops. For example, I keep Desktop 1 open for Finder windows, Desktop 2 for Adobe applications, and I have Mail assigned to Desktop 3. However, if my MBP lid is closed (i.e. sleep,) the machine is restarted or I unplug my external monitor, the OS doesn't recall which Space I've assigned applications to.
I've started from scratch a few times, removing all Desktops and recreating/re-assigning applications, but that didn't resolve the issue. I've yet to repair permissions, but I suppose that's next.
Thought I'd throw it out here and see if anyone had thoughts. Thanks!

No, this is what I did
I removed my preferences folder because of these issues
and I restarted, thinking the system was going to recreate a new preferences folder
and I would have find the problem was there and not for example in other folders in my User library.
When I rebooted , after logging in , the system did not ask for my keychain password
as I was used to since a long time and many systems ago..
I tried to see if I could lock and unlock my screensaver and it worked.
At this point I went back to put a different password in my keychain , as usual
and tried again after that, to lock and unlock the screen and I had the problem back again.
So I changed the password again , using the same I have for my login.
I put back all my old preferences but one( the finder prefs does recreate itself instantaneously) and restarted
Everything worked and I tried Spaces just to see if it had been fixed too and it was.
After that I tried to replicate the problem on a friend's new computer , which is brand new and without anything installed yet. The problems were there too.
No more investigations for me
I hope it will fix your problems too

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