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# Disable or enable window restoration for specific applications

If Resume is enabled, when you launch applications, they appear exactly where you left them. All the open windows are restored and come back just as they were. It is a nice feature, but you may want certain applications not to restore their windows.

## To disable window restoration for an application:

1. If the application is running, quit it. Window restoration settings cannot be modified while applications are running.

2. Open the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences and click Resume.

3. Click the Add (+) button at the bottom of the list, browse and select the application, and click Add. Alternatively, you can drag the application from the Applications panel or from the Finder to the list.

   Use the Applications panel

Conversely, if you have disabled Resume system-wide by selecting the ”Close windows when quitting an app” checkbox in the General pane of System Preferences, you may want that some applications restore their windows.

## To enable window restoration for an application:

1. If the application is running, quit it. Window restoration settings cannot be modified while applications are running.

2. Open the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences and click Resume.

3. Click the Add (+) button at the bottom of the list, browse and select the application, and click Add. Alternatively, you can drag the application from the Applications panel or from the Finder to the list.

4. Select the checkbox in the Restore Windows column.

You can view the paths and bundle identifiers of the applications you have added to the list in the Resume pane. Choose Show Info Tags from of the Action pop-up menu (looks like a gear) at the bottom of the list and move the pointer over application names.

Important: Application Wizard disables or enables window restoration by editing your applications’ preference files. For this reason, window restoration settings will persist if you turn Application Wizard off or uninstall it.

## To return an application to the system-wide Resume behavior:

1. If the application is running, quit it. Window restoration settings cannot be modified while applications are running.

2. Select the application and click the Remove (-) button at the bottom of the list or press the Delete key.