Make Ubuntu Automatically Save Changes to Your Session
When you logout of your computer, Ubuntu can keep track of all the windows that you have opened, and reopen them when you log back in. This is really useful when you always have the same windows open in the same desktops.
To make sure that this is turned on, navigate to System \ Preferences \ Session:
Make sure that the "Automatically save changes to session" box is checked.
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Presumably not the contents of the windows though, so a hibernate is still the best way to do a full resume?
If you are trying to suspend your machine, you should be able to always do a hibernate, which will save your exact place "in time", so to speak.
This is more for when you always have a set of applications open on particular desktops, that they will reopen in the same desktop position that you left them.
I have a beef to settle with the 'automatically save sessions' option. Maybe you could help me correct my mistake.
I selected the 'automatically save sessions' option just to try it out, and I found it to be a little annoying. I wanted to remove it. The problem with that is to remove the option, I have to open the sessions window (thereby saving the session through said option). I can then unselect the option, but since the last session was saved with the sessions window up on the screen, the sessions window will automatically pop up each time I login.
Is there any way I can remove this option without having the sessions window automatically pop up every time I turn on my computer?
I had the same problem as Cory. I clicked the Current Session tab and removed everything except gnome-session-properties, then saved session. It solved everything.
forgive me but i dont even have options given up in screenshot in my ubuntu. any idea whats wrong? i am using hardy. it only has one option to save applications automatically next time ubuntu reboots. i lost my torrents because of this lousy session maangement.