Why not turn off restore windows?

I really don't like the restore windows feature. I want my computer to only open to the desktop. But one site I saw disabling it is "overkill" and suggests downloading a third party app that lets you at least select which app windows to open or not. What advantage am I missing out on by turning it off altogether?

What are you missing out on? It is one of the over 250 new features of the World's Most Advanced Operating System called Resume.
When choosing Restart, Sleep or Shutdown there is a checkbox you can uncheck to prevent the apps from launching.
Also in System Preferences > General there is a hard-to-find checkbox under "Number of recent items" you can turn off.
Also, you can hold the shift key to disable resume on a one time basis.
If you want to turn it off on a per app basis, (TextEdit is by example, replace TextEdit with the name of the app)
Launch Terminal and copy/paste this at the prompt...
defaults write com.apple.TextEdit NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
Press return.
To turn off Resume globally...
chflags uchg ~/Library/"Saved Application State"
Press return
The reverse of the first one is to replace false with true.
The reverse of the second one is
chflags nouchg ~/Library/"Saved Application State"

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Quote from: bluesBOY23 on 07-November-06, 06:06:06
also then computer turns on when the mains socket switch is pushed down and not when pressing the on/ off switch on the front of the case.
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Why is my iPhone screen not turning off?

Sorry, my previous post was meant for another thread.
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Hello,
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