OS X Lion: Enable One Finger Drag Gesture / Disabling auto-opening of documents in applications

I managed to solve most Lion user issues I had and which were driving me crazy. Dashboard works like old Dashboard, scrolling is normal etc. etc. etc.
Last two things which were driving me nuts are/were:
3 fingers drag and drop gesture
today I found solution and I thought I could post about it here, might be driving crazy more people than just me
http://navinpeiris.com/2011/07/22/os-x-lion-enable-one-finger-drag-gesture/
So simple and yet I wasn't able to discover it on my own....
applications remember what windows you had opened
now if I could just find a way how to disable this; each time I'm quiting application I have to manually close all windows, documents etc., or they will be there when I next launch the application, which soon enough leads terminal to have 30 opened windows each time I launch it!
why I have to manually close every single windows before quit is beyond me; I want to disable this new feature, I can manage opening documents and windows very well for myself....
If I could just disable this last thing, I would be very very happy Lion user. Now, after getting the old drag and drop gesture, I'm just happy.

Thanks SO MUCH!
Davon Semris wrote:
I managed to solve most Lion user issues I had and which were driving me crazy. Dashboard works like old Dashboard, scrolling is normal etc. etc. etc.
Last two things which were driving me nuts are/were:
3 fingers drag and drop gesture
today I found solution and I thought I could post about it here, might be driving crazy more people than just me
http://navinpeiris.com/2011/07/22/os-x-lion-enable-one-finger-drag-gesture/
So simple and yet I wasn't able to discover it on my own....
applications remember what windows you had opened
now if I could just find a way how to disable this; each time I'm quiting application I have to manually close all windows, documents etc., or they will be there when I next launch the application, which soon enough leads terminal to have 30 opened windows each time I launch it!
why I have to manually close every single windows before quit is beyond me; I want to disable this new feature, I can manage opening documents and windows very well for myself....
If I could just disable this last thing, I would be very very happy Lion user. Now, after getting the old drag and drop gesture, I'm just happy.
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