Window not remembering the display it was on

Hi,
Dual Displays and Mavericks:
Before Maverick I would have certain applications like mail and the finder open on one monitor and other apps open on the other. Now with mavericks they do not remember which monitor they opened last on and stick there were I last left them. They always open open on the last display you clicked the desktop on. Any setting to change this behavior?
Thanks in advance for any help with this.
Paul W.

I just came across a solution.  I think this might work for you, even though it seems kludgy:
Your situation may vary, but I'm using a MacBook Pro with an external LCD monitor and want to use both displays, each with their own desktop space
Open Mission Control and add a desktop by moving your cursor to the top right of your display and clicking on the new window that appears from the right
You should now have 3 desktops at the top of your display when Mission Control is open
In my case, my laptop's display is Desktop 1 and my external display is Desktop 3
Now, on the dock, right click on an app you're trying to stick to a particular desktop and choose Options -> Assign to Desktop X where X is the display you want the app to stay on
In my case, I want Mail to always show up on my laptop screen, which is Desktop 1, so I choose Options -> Assign to Desktop 1.  The reason I say this is kludgy is because I never use Desktop 2, but it has to exist in order for the Dock -> Options -> Assign To menu to appear.  If I just have Desktop 1 and Desktop 2, that option does not exist when I right click on an app in the dock.
*UPDATE:  It seems that once I perform the steps above, then close the third Desktop so my laptop is Desktop 1 and my external monitor is Desktop 2, mail will finally stick to Desktop 1 even though the option to assign Mail to a particular desktop disappears from Dock options when I right click the Mail icon.  However, every time I open a new window, the sizing is off and the window is halfway off the screen.  I have to maximize the app window every time I open it.

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