Open Window on logging in

When I log into my admin account on my 2009 iMac, almost always my home folder opens up. What setting, either in the Finder preferences or the System preferences can I change to NOT have the window (or for that matter, any window) automatically open on log in? There is no setting on the start up items on my admin account on the system preferences to deal with this and I don't know of anywhere else to check. It is not a big problem, just annoying. will be posting this on the iMac forum as well.

Ben Furuta wrote:
Not sure what you mean by "close Finder". In any case I usually shut down directly rather than logging off as I am the only user most of the time. I do close all windows and quit all programs before shutting down.
Again, this "problem" is more annoying that an issue.
BF
That's what I meant by closing the Finder. The only instance of the Finder running should be the desktop itself.
Be sure no apps are running, even below the surface. Run activity monitor and check to see what's running just before shutting down.
Also when it appears on startup, check the console logs for information about why it opened.
You can also run
sudo dmesg
in a terminal and see everything that happens during startup - you might see why Finder is opening.

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363648(v=vs.85).aspx
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Thanks for sharing this information Paul.

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