Ubuntu – Is there a setting in the startup applications menu item to remember all apps when shutting down

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In 2011, I asked a question about how to record the files being opened by programs at a specific time. A reply said:

There is a setting to remember all apps when shutting down it is found in the startup applications menu item (last tab if I recall correctly)

in the system-> preferences menu

I guess the reply refers to Gnome or Unity according to the time of the reply.
I was wondering what is the name of "the last tab" in the system-> preferences menu which the reply refers to?

Note that I am now running LXDE on Ubuntu 16.04, which may have different arrangement. So I try to see if I can find an equivalent to the tab for gnome.

Thanks.

Best Answer

GNOME

GNOME on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS does not have such options in Startup Applications (or gnome-session-properties) - see screenshot below:

gnome-session-properties

MATE

As far I know it exists in MATE Desktop Environment in any current Ubuntu version - 14.04 LTS (with MATE PPA), 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS.

You can access it from System->Preferences->Personal->Startup Applications (or mate-session-properties).

mate-session-properties

From my personal experience it restore several GTK-based applications such as Firefox, Pluma, Atril, Caja, Zotero on next boot.

KDE

For KDE see this answer given by @WinEunuuchs2Unix on the similar thread.

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