Preview opens after Leopard restart

Well, here's a weird one. After successfully installing and updating Leopard, I find that Preview opens up one of my JPEGs whenever I restart my iMac for any reason. I don't have Preview configured to open at Login, nor have I recently opened the particular JPEG recently.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I might get rid of this bizarre behavior?
Thanks,
Kevin

Open the Accounts pane of System Preferences and remove any documents or AppleScripts which may launch Preview from the list of login items for your account.
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A Tale of Taxes and Computers
My wife and I purchased our first computer in 1984. It was a Mac, no hard drive, just a floppy drive so we also got an extra external floppy drive. BIG TIME!
In 1991 we began using MacinTax (Turbo Tax) which saved much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth around the house.
We loved both so much that we have upgraded our Macs several times (we are now a three Mac family) and signed up for automatic renewal for Turbo Tax.
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A long saga with a moral: Look before you leap"
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Everyone knows that many apps are not supported under Leopard.
I would never upgrade anything without first doing a complete investigation into the pros and cons.
It's called due diligence.
Your rather strange comment to Mac about closing a gap goes unheard by Apple. This board is used by people who only are here to help others, and rants etc, rarely help anyone.
Your epic is unique in the annals of history in detail; but rather passe and blase in broader strokes.
I have had no such problems with Leopard on any of my three Macs and I do not expect I ever will. I pay attention to details and never move forward without knowing where I am going.
Since this board is for problem solving and you have not expressed a need for a solution to anything, I do not really understand the nature of your desultory philippic.

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