In general, yes, but denier's problem is with "Unknown(s)"; they don't exist on his Mac.
While the physical application files no longer exist, a reference to them exists in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist and that is what is causing the furor.
Is it that plist, or is it /Users/xxx/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist as per item 2. in my post #36699? (My recollection is that it's the latter that governs our present situation.)
(Why did my "deniro's" change to "denier's" in your quote?
Oh! Auto-correct.
That's a bizarre one.
The constant flow of Auto-correct garbage I'm seeing is beginning to make me hate iOS and its devices. I can deal with user typos...their intent is generally quite obvious and easily scoped out, but iOS type-Os are bloody ANNOYING in their busting up the flow of things and diverting my attention in instances in which user typos would not!
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