Firefox 15 is not restoring last tabs.

Simply put, Firefox 15 is not restoring my last session. I have it set in my options to restore the last session, but it's not happening. Prior to the update, it was working, and now it's not working on both of my computers.

I'm using Firefox 16.0 on the beta release channel.
[http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/beta/ Firefox Beta]

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When firefox crashes it not restoring my tabs I once had up ? :(

when firefox crashes it not restoring my tabs I once had up ? :(

You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
If you get that "Well, this is embarrassing" window then that means that Firefox has crashed more than once and there should be a sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak file.
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Session+Restore

Clicking on minimized Firefox window willl not restore window and so the window/tabs cannot be accessed even upon closing, saving, and reopening.

Windows 7 shows a preview pane when hovering but clicking on the preview will not restore the window.

I found a workaround. There are probably better ones.
See:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/750385

Firefox sometimes does not display my tabs along the menu bar when two or less are open - is this a bug?

When I have less than three tabs open after having more open, Firefox does not display the tabs along the menu bar. This means I can't see tabs when I have two open. Is this a glitch?
Note: I am aware that I can set Firefox to always show the tabs, but I do not like this setting for when I only have one tab opened.

Hi,
You can try to '''Reset toolbars and controls:''' and '''Make Changes and Restart''' in the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode Safe Mode] start screen.
If the problem persists, please try a [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles?s=profile&r=0&e=sph&as=s new profile]. You can later copy [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20your%20information?s=backup&r=1&e=sph&as=s needed data] from the old profile to this.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder & Files]

FF NOT restoring previous tabs. All settings confirmed correct. On Windows 7 - 64 bit

I have three computers - side by side - all Windows 7
All set up with FF 5.01
Two computers operate on Win 7 - 32 and FF usually restores previous sessions.
One PC operates on Win 7 - 64 bit and never restores previous sessions.
I have confirmed the settings on all and all are correct... compared one to the other and the one that does not restore, compared settings to the directions on FF site.
The only thing that I can see that's different is the 64 bit.
Though, FF (Win 7-64) restored fine up until about 6-8 weeks ago... on earlier versions of FF.

Windows junk.
Get rid of the 3rd party stuff (you made a good start with AVG)

Help! After upgrading to Firefox 8, will not save my tabs from previous session, or any Tools - Options! I have read everything I can find about it in Help.

It opens the same 3 stupid windows every time: the Firefox Google page, the upgraded Welcome page, and Amazon wish list upgrade page. This while my home page is set to msn.com or blank! I tried every method mentioned in Help that I could find, including the corrupt dll file and deleting Firefox and reinstalling it. Still, same problem. I have checked and rechecked all my browsing, history and cookie settings, etc. but cannot find any solution. I am not in private browsing, and I accept all cookies. It also does not save my Tools-Options-Tabs-When I open a new tab, switch to it immediately. This is really disappointing. Can someone please help??

Under Options->General->Startup->When Firefox starts->Change this from "Show my home page" to "show my windows and tabs from last time". It works for me, hope this will help you as well.

I know that I have acount. I have logged on after reinstall Windows. But my Firefox settings was not restored. Why?

Reinstall Windows and Firefox, of course. Logged on Firefox Synk. But do not see how to restore my Firefox settings to old one, i.e. bookmarks, passwords etc.

Hope this article's helpful.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

Why firefox sync does not restore password after a sync ?

I work on 2 computers, one at home and one at work.
I created firefox account from home.
Each time when at work I configure sync then click "I don't have device with me" + enter my firefox sync key.
Then I browse many websites at work + enter passwords + launch "synchronize now".
Then the following day I come back at work + click "I don't have device with me" + enter my firefox sync key. + launch "synchronize now" => All bookmarks are restored but not passwords (no password textboxes and login textboxes are filled automatically).
Why?
Thanks

''GLo [[#question-1034473|said]]''
<blockquote>
Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 for Windows. After update from 33.1.1 Sync stops working, does not automatically login (Reconnect to Sync is showed instead of the Sync account name). Reconnecting to sync only works for the current session (restarting Firefox disables auto login). No error logs on wave\logs directory.
Thank you for your help.
Best regards.
</blockquote>
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-sync-troubleshooting-and-tips#w_firefox-sync-resets-every-time-i-close-firefox_2
This works for me.

Usually, Firefox closes when closing the last tab on it. Now it doesn't. How do I change it back to closing when the last tab is closed?

I've checked my about:config settings beforehand since I hear the setting for this is usually in there. It's still the same and hasn't been changed. As far as I know, I haven't downloaded any add-ons recently that would cause this change. None have been installed recently. Here's a screenshot of the about:config.

Did you try Safe Mode?
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Firefox V30 will not create new tabs. OSX 10.9.3

I am not able to open a new tab.
The "+" on the right of the existing tab changes color when I click it but no new tab appears.
Selecting Command "T" does not create a new tab.
I can only get new tabs to appear by spawning these as an option within an existing page that opens new content in a new window.

BTW - the updating of my Add Ons did NOT fix the problem.

Using "firefox preloader" ... with firefox 4, it opers to last tab setup instead of home page... options are set to open on home page... comments? thoughts?

this is not really an add-on, since it is invoked before FF starts

Could you please inform us if the author of Firefox Preloader updates it for Firefox 4?

Helllo I cannot activate the setting in the options panel get Firefox to restore the tabs from the previous session. The option is grayed out. What can I do?

When I start Firefox itt will not restore the tabs I had open during shutdown on the last session. This used to be an option when working on something in order not to have to leave the pc on over night. Now the option under Firefox/Options/General: On Firefox Startup: "Restore the tabs & Windows that were open in the last Firefox session" is grayed out, so that I cannot select it.

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Private+Browsing
*You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
*To see all History and Cookie settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting <b>Firefox will: Use custom settings for history</b>
* Deselect: [ ] "Permanent Private Browsing mode"
There are other things that need your attention.
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.
*Shockwave Flash 10.1 r102
Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+the+Flash+plugin
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash
*http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Firefox android only restore partial tabs

After the latest update, Firefox android does not restore all tabs opened last session. Please assist. Thank you.

Sorry for that. Could your update your Firefox Android from Google play and check it out.
*https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox

Can someone help me when Firefox closes randomly it removes all the cookies and cache, and I am not able to restore lost tabs...?

For a while now Firefox has randomly shut down for reasons unknown. Sometimes windows reports the error but not always. When I start Firefox back up again, it does not restore my tabs. Also as an added bonus it deletes the cookies and cache, and I don't know why. Furthermore this occurrence has become more and more frequent. Just in the last hour along before writing this complaint, Firefox crashed three times right as I switch users, but not every time I switched. I am a taboholic, addicted to tabs, sometimes 70+, and this is the final straw. This frequency became more and more prominent a few days ago. When it first crashed, Windows was kind enough to let me know of the error which first occurred one to two weeks ago. It has become the very bane of my internet surfing. Someone please help, or I will have to renounce my allegiance to Firefox and switch to the dark side that is Crome.

<blockquote>... or I will have to renounce my allegiance to Firefox ...</blockquote>
There is no citizenship oath involved in using Firefox, it's a piece of software.
Look, if Firefox isn't generating any crash reports, you more than likely have an operating system or hardware issue. If Firefox is generating crash reports you can retrieve that information and post the report numbers here.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+crashes#Getting_the_most_accurate_help_with_your_Firefox_crash
Type '''about:crashes''' in the URL bar and hit Enter.
Click the hyperlinks to bring up the Crash Report pages and copy'n'paste the URL of each of those reports into the message box here. We'll see if we can help you figure out what is causing those crashes to happen.

Firefox 12 failed to restore my previous session!

Hi there!
Well, last night I shut down my computer from the Start menu in Vista. I believe I had closed Firefox manually before I proceeded with the shut down. I don't think it has anything to do with the way you exit Firefox, but I'm just saying it.
I usually have several tabs open in Firefox, this time I had about 50 of them and every time I close Firefox it prompts me if I want to save the tabs. I don't think this is a default setting, I think I set this up myself. So I just click the option which saves my tabs so that the next time I start Firefox I can continue where I left off.
I believe I clicked the save button last night as well. But today I started up Firefox and the tabs were gone.
I did follow the procedure for restoring the last session as described here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Firefox%20does%20not%20ask%20to%20save%20tabs%20and%20windows%20on%20exit?s=Firefox+12+failed+to+restore+previous+session%21&r=1&e=es&as=s
But the thing is I don't have the option to restore last session when I go to Firefox button and History.
Also, I have started and closed Firefox since that several times. So this restore option might only just restore the last tab I closed anyway. As described...
''If you close each window or tab, only the final window or tab that you closed will be available when you restart Firefox.''
Why did Firefox forget to restore my tabs?...
This happened to me once before but I don't remember how I restored the tabs.
And also, it happened once that Firefox failed to prompt me if I want to save my tabs, and instead prompted me with a whole different dialog, the one where it warns me that I'm about to close all open tabs and asks me to confirm.
There was no way around it so I intentionally ''crashed'' the computer, knowing that once I log on to Windows and start Firefox again it will restore my tabs automatically whether it wants to or not. And, of course, this proved to be true, all my tabs were back.
But did I really have to ''crash'' my comptuer for this? Maybe I could have crashed only the Firefox by terminating it's process... but it works either way. One time it asks, one time it doesn't ask to save tabs. Completely disregarding the settings! There is something seriously wrong here!
After that first incident I was again able to save my tabs on exit, it always asked me to save them from that point on, as I would expect it to. Until now...
Now it asks me if I ''want to'' save my tabs, and I say ''yes please'', just to find out the next morning it didn't restore them, as if they never were saved. Haha! LOL! Ridiculous! Haha, that Firefox 12! :) What a clown!
As mutch as this is a call for help in restoring those tabs, it is also a reminder to Firefox developers that something really stinks here! You need to work out the session save and restore mechanism in Firefox 12. Unluckily for me I had not installed the Session Manager extension. That's one tool that does better what Firefox should do by standard.

Yeah, if the tabs were not restored then unfortunately sessionstore.bak was overwritten. But you're taking it surprisingly well. :) Most people are pissed beyond belief, which is expected. :P
Also let me clear up the confusion between sessionstore.js & sessionstore.bak. Sessionstore.bak is the backup file that Firefox makes after every shutdown of Firefox. Sessionstore.js is the main file that stores all the data about tabs, app tabs and recently closed tabs & windows.
You can backup either one of these files but, like you did, it's best to check the modified timestamp on both files and most importantly their sizes. It will let you know how old that file is and the bigger the size of the file, the better. A 2kb file likely has 1 or 2 tabs, where a 500kb one has around 20 tabs or more.
But to keep it simple, just backup sessionstore.js.
And yes, great idea about Shadow Copy. I've used it on Windows 7 and it really is a life saver. I found it had around 20 or 30 backups for the places.sqlite which I was trying to recover. You could try to implement it on Vista with 3rd party software, I'd just read some reviews first.
Or you could install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-manager/ Session Manager addon] we both discussed earlier. Unless you think adding that add-on is overkill or you don't want to weigh down Firefox with another addon? But in this case, I think it does do what you want, which is backup your sessionstore.js everyday or every few days. I think the setting is customizable.
I'm praying for the day they create a "sessionstorebackups" folder like they have for the '''bookmarkbackups''' folder. That way we can have a better chance to recover the tabs.
'''Edit:''' You replied while I typed this. But great work! I didn't know Shadow Copy kept backups of files on Vista even though the service wasn't running. Anyway that's great news. And I see you'll be using Session Manager from now on. :D
And thanks for clearing up the part about Firefox prompting you to save your tabs at closing. I haven't seen Firefox do that in a while (the last version that showed that prompt was maybe 3.5?) so I was wondering what was going on there. :) Take care and have a good one!

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