Firefox didn't remember my tabs upon shutting down

I downloaded the newest firefox when prompted. Shut down my computer, but firefox did not ask me to save my tabs, like it used to. Got home, turned on the computer...no saved tabs. Annoying! I want my old ff back! I don't like the new layout, either.

Firefox 4 saves the previous session automatically, so there is no longer need for the dialog asking if you want to save the current session. 
You can use "Firefox > History > Restore Previous Session" to get the previous session. 
There is also a "Restore Previous Session" button on the default about:home Home page. 
Another possibility is to use: 
*[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences Firefox > Preferences] > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time" 
Make sure that you do not use [[Clear Recent History]] to clear the 'Browsing History' when you close Firefox.

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On the previous version of Firefox, the possibility existed to save the tabs you were using so that they could open up automatically next time you started up Firefox.
This feature is great & i suppose it still exists, but it seems i can't find it (or maybe i have conflicting parameters). Could you help me please ?

Tools-Options-General- Startup: When Firefox Starts, Select 'Show windows and tabs from last time'

At my last update I can no longer save my tabs before shutting down. Can you help?

At my last update I can no longer save my tabs before shutting down. Can this be changed?

Firefox 4 saves the previous session automatically, so there is no longer need for the dialog asking if you want to save the current session. 
Use "File > Exit" or "Firefox > Exit" if you want to restore multiple windows. 
You can use "Firefox > History > Restore Previous Session" to get the previous session at any time. 
There is also a "Restore Previous Session" button on the default about:home Home page. 
Another possibility is to use:
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences Firefox/Tools > Options] > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"

Previous version had save all tabs before shutting down,which helped a lot if u open same windows always,but this is not there in the latest version I have upgraded recently.Request you to guide me if this can be accommodated in the new version.

Previous version had save all tabs before shutting down,which helped a lot if u open same windows always,but this is not there in the latest version I have upgraded recently.Request you to guide me if this can be accommodated in the new version.

Firefox now always stores the old session which you can access by going to the History menu and selecting "Restore Previous Session".
If you always open the last set of tabs, an alternative approach is this:
# Click the orange Firefox button, then select options to open the options window
# Go to the General panel
# Change the setting "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"

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from previous post "I get a notice that application firefox did not quite and system cannot shutdown. Firefox has logged out and stopped.
what are you suggesting that i do from your post? I have only had the problem with scheduled shut downs?

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== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Today

If you use [[Clear Recent History]] in Firefox 3.5/6 or [[Clearing private data|Clear Private Data]] in Firefox 3 to clear the 'Browsing History' when Firefox is closed then restoring tabs from the last session (e.g. "Save & Quit" or "Show my windows and tabs from last time") doesn't work.
Make sure that you not run Firefox in [[Private Browsing]] mode.
In Private Browsing mode some menu items are disabled (grayed) and features like visited links and disabled and not available.
You are in Private Browsing mode if you see "Tools > Stop Private Browsing", possibly grayed.
You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
To see all History settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting '''Firefox will: Use custom settings for history'''
Uncheck: [[ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"

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See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_crashes
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Your above posted system details show multiple Java Console extensions.
You can uninstall (remove) the Java Console extensions and disable the Java Quick Starter extension as you do not need them to run Java applets.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java#Multiple_Java_Console_extensions
See also http://www.java.com/en/download/help/quickstarter.xml - What is Java Quick Starter (JQS)? What is the benefit of running JQS? - 6.0
Disable the Java Quick Starter extension: Tools -> Addons -> Extensions
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When I close out a website it goes to my desk top and then tells me firefox is running and I have to shut down the system

when I close out a website it goes to my desk top and then tells me firefox is already running and I have to shut down my system and bring it back up and wait to log back in. It's quite frustrating.

Try Ctrl>ALT>DEL then click Start Task Manager, then find the process firefox.exe, then click end program, then try opening Firefox again.  done! If that doesn't work, then try re-installing Firefox or going to this link to safe mode area and click continue to safe mode and then try and exit, if this problem still occurs then disable extensions and plugins

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I have had some tabs left open on my (shut down) office iMac that I wanted to check during holidays by using iCloud tabs. It all went fine the first week, but some days later all tabs from that iMac had disappeared. Back in office once I opened Safari the tabs showed up again as iCloud tabs on my mobile devices.
Is there a sort of time limit for tabs to stay in iCloud after having shut down the Mac from which they originate? Can I turn of this feature if I don’t want it?
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Hello,
I've been dealing with this issue for several months now, since I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8. My computer will no longer correctly shut down, hibernate or sleep- everytime I do one of those things it restarts. To be more specific, it will shut down when I ask it to, but upon turning it on again, no matter what amount of time passes it will restart rather than start up and once the operating system is up it gives a hopelessly vague 'your PC encountered a problem' message. It has NOT shown me the blue screen. The error message is a banner across the screen asking if I would like to submit details. When I close the machine, my settings tell it to hibernate, and upon opening it, it restarts.
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Your computer will not wake up correctly.
It sounds like you may need to completely reinstall windows 8.
Here is a link to all the driver updates for your system.
At the top of the page there is an option to scan now and let HP scan your system for missing and out of date drivers.
Use this option.
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Need to unmount air drive upon shutting down computer?

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I just put a new extreme in as my base station and have a printer and a 500g Lacie HD connected to the extreme through a hub.
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Good to know, no harm done by not ejecting the drive.
To seek further clarification if I may, physically turning the drive on and off as long as it's not in active use w/ one of the Mac's on the network is ok?
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Computer frozen, can't loose paper when shut down.Is there a another way to get working?

What program and version? Mac OS version? TimeMachine?
Maybe set to auto save every 5-10 minutes in the future, lesson learned.

[Athlon64] Computer power cycling randomly upon shut down.

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Firefox didn't remember my tabs upon shutting down

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