Numbers stuck in re-open loop

Question

Nmbers got stuck when trying to close so I had to force quit during shutdown.  Now every time I try to open Numbers I get 'The last time you opened Numbers, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again? ' I click re-open and I get a message about reprting to Apple.  I click re-open on this message and it just loops back to the first message and nuymbers will not open.  Any suggestions please?  If I log into another account on my Mac Numbers opens OK.

Answer 1

Dave,
Youi're the first to report that holding the Shift key down while launching an app does not inhibit the reopening of files that were open when the app was Quit. I suggest that you try a few more times and alter your timing a bit. There's no System Preference for not opening formerly open document on Launch, but in System Preferences, General, there's a preference for closing all document on Quitting, so obviously those won't be automatically opening.
Youi could try trashing the Numbers Preference file for your User Account:
Macintosh HD > Users > YourUserName > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iWork.Numbers.plist
You access that particular library from the Finder Go menu. Hold down the Option key, click on Go and select Library (about halfway down the list). Then navigate on down to the plist file. If that doesn't do it, check out all the other Numbers plist files in that preferences folder and try deleting them too.
Jerry