OS X 10.8 auto launches some applications on startup?

Upon startup some of my applications launch automatically? How can I change this?

Open System Preferences, go to Users & Groups. Select your user name, and in the upper center is a "Login Items" button. Tap that and you'll see a list of things set to launch on startup. Select the ones you don't want and hit the minus key at bottom.

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