Programs re-opening last opened files

Not sure how to phrase this into a question. But I noticed with Lion that whenver I open up a program, it likes to open up the last file I was working on. So for example, I open up WORD and like 4 documents pop up, most likely the ones I was working on last time before I quit the app.
This happens with a lot of my apps. Is there any way to turn this feature OFF? It's very annoying.

Shony wrote:
This doesn't work. It seems to be a bug, all applications keep restoring previous opened windows/documents/tabs, whether or not you checked the "restore windows when quitting" checkbox in General tab of Systems Preferences.
Doesn't this happen to you too?
Yes, it's broken.
Many people have been reporting the same issue in many of the other threads here. I am experiencing it too.
Some users have suggested various attempts to work around it but none of the suggested solutions work.
It's something Apple will need to fix in a future release of Lion.

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