Restore windows will not turn off

All application windows restore after re-opening or re-starting when option not checked in the system preferences general pane. This is driving me crazy as it can lock you into, for example. constantly re-opening a web page which is causing problems so that one has to use a tool like Onyx to clean out the cache from outside Safari. That is not the problem, though. Why are all applications and their windows from the state prior to closing or restart insisting on restoring when I have unchecked the box in system preferences?

Don't know why it's not working, but one of these should fix the issue:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110918051930924
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/
http://restoremenot.info/

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