# New version of Scrivener opens all projects. How fix this?

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/new-version-of-scrivener-opens-all-projects-how-fix-this/43370>\
**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/new-version-of-scrivener-opens-all-projects-how-fix-this/43370 "2018-11-20T02:34:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![JerryL](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@JerryL](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JerryL)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/new-version-of-scrivener-opens-all-projects-how-fix-this/43370/1 "2018-11-20T02:34:41Z")

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I have gobs of projects. When I launch Scrivener I don’t want any project opened automatically. How can I fix this?

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**Author:** ![Silverdragon](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/silverdragon/32/15734_2.png) [@Silverdragon](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Silverdragon)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/new-version-of-scrivener-opens-all-projects-how-fix-this/43370/2 "2018-11-20T02:39:43Z")

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Choose menu item Scrivener \> Preferences… . Click on the General pane (upper rightmost). Untick the item that says “Reopen Projects that were open on quit”.

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![JerryL](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@JerryL](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JerryL)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/new-version-of-scrivener-opens-all-projects-how-fix-this/43370/3 "2018-11-20T20:54:36Z")

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I can’t get an opportunity to access Scrivener\>Preferences. Is there some way to set this preference before Scrivener begins to open all of the projects?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Silverdragon](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/silverdragon/32/15734_2.png) [@Silverdragon](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Silverdragon)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/new-version-of-scrivener-opens-all-projects-how-fix-this/43370/4 "2018-11-20T21:26:26Z")

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Hold down the shift key while launching.