[SOLVED -- sort of] Unwanted application autostarting at login with XFCE

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 03:32:36 -0400 (EDT), Leonardo <leo@matrix-leo.cz> wrote:
> 
> Try: “rm -Rf .config/autostart/"

That directory contains only one file, called

   xfce4-notes-autostart.desktop

but it contains no references to abiword.  The commands

   grep -r abiword ~|less

and

   grep -r abiword /etc|less

produced no suspects either.  I finally gave up and purged
the package (abiword).  If it doesn't exist, it can't start!
I shouldn't have to do that.  I've had abiword installed for
years, and it hasn't misbehaved like this until the last system
upgrade.  I've still got LibreOffice Writer installed if I need
a word processor.

Thanks to all who participated in this thread.  If anyone has
a clue how to fix this without purging the package, I'll try
reinstalling it.

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