My tabs are all empty even though I have FF 29.0.1 set to save windows and tabs when closing
I have the setting: Startup - When firefox starts - show windows and tabs from last time.
This almost always works, but not today. The odd thing is that all the tabs are still there, including the pinned ones on the left (square empty boxes), but all the tabs are blank ("New tab").
Except one that appeared on startup, the one that was active when i closed FF last night.
If I click on History - Show all history = No items.
Restore previous session is greyed out, as are Recently closed tabs and windows.
It looks bad, what can I do to restore the previous session?
How would this have happened, and how can I prevent it in future?
Did the last FF update (today or yesterday) have anything to do with it?
There is a sessionstore.bak-[long string of numbers] dated 8/2/14, and a sessionstore.js dated 9/5/14, and a sessioncheckpoints,json dated 9/4/14 in the Profile default folder.
Below is the beginning of
Important Modified Preferences
Name Value accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.cache.disk.capacity 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 7
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID 20140506152807
browser.startup.homepage https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=Csu ... 8gfC7IDQDg
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID 20140506152807
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone 29.0.1
browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled false
dom.mozApps.used true
dom.w3c_touch_events.expose false
extensions.lastAppVersion 29.0.1
font.internaluseonly.changed false
javascript.options.showInConsole false
network.cookie.lifetimePolicy 2
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
places.database.lastMaintenance 1409808493
places.history.enabled false
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages 80485
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types application/pdf
plugin.importedState true
plugin.state.npctrl 1
plugin.state.npgoogleupdate 1
print.printer_Samsung_ML-2010_Series.print_bgcolor
I'm a little puzzled that your post shows Firefox 29.0.1 but you said you updated this week (Firefox 32.0 was released this week). ???
One of your settings is '''places.history.enabled''' = false, which could be a problem for saving history. I'm not sure how that could have gotten switched. Could you check here:
"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Privacy
Under "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history" make sure you have the settings you want.
Note: I think I have read that if Firefox is set to clear history at shutdown, then Firefox might not save any history during your session.
Can you find an Old Firefox Data folder on your desktop? If the Reset feature ran, your old data would be in that folder and we could discuss how to restore them.
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