I discovered that this might be the case if somehow your
~/.config/autostart changes it's owner to root. To check if that's the
case, do:

ls -l ~/.config
if the output is something like this:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root        root        4096 Out 19 17:22 autostart

Then all u need to do is:

cd ~/.config && sudo chown -R autostart "yourusername"

And you are good to go. At least fixed my problem.

Cheers

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972785

Title:
  Unable to add new startup applications

Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When attempting to add a program to start on boot, it isn't saved when
  it should be.

  To reproduce:
  1. Go to the gear/power menu thing at the top-right
  2. Select Startup Applications (or whatever it actually says in en)
  3. Add a new program
  3.1. Fill out the three boxes with something you want
  4. Note that your program has been added to the list of startup programs
  5. Close that window
  6. Open it again
  7. Note that your program is no longer there
  8. Reboot
  9. Note that your program doesn't start up.

  Expected results:
  7. Your program is there.

  9. Your program starts up.

  Notes:
  * Whether or not you perform steps 6-7, the result of 9 is not affected.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Apr  4 07:44:44 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: gnome-session
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-16 (18 days ago)

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