appleworks 6.2.2 preferences do not prevent starting points

[bobcoe]

I select "nothing" in response to question in general preferences
"at startup, show" . Whenever I finish a document and file it, the STARTUP SELECTION SCREEN appears.

What can I do to prevent this?

[Peggy]

I select "nothing" in response to question in general preferences
"at startup, show" . Whenever I finish a document and file it, the STARTUP SELECTION SCREEN appears.

What can I do to prevent this?

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It sounds like your AppleWorks preferences are corrupt. It's not anything you did or didn't do, it just happens. To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > Library > Preferences. Find and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.