I cannot open a new tab - when I restart firefox (or my computer), ctrl T does not work, and the "+" tab next to the single tab on my browser window does NOT open a second tab
Firefox3.6.18, running on WinXP (all the Microsoft patches), opens with a single tab. Clicking the Add Tab "+" or pressing CTRL T does not open a new tab, although I can open a new window. Also, when exiting from Firefox, my tab location is not saved.
Please disable or uninstall the Ask toolbar extension to solve your problem. It has a known incompatibility with Firefox. See [[Uninstalling add-ons]].
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I set up four apptabs, then set the rest of the tabs I want to appear when I start the browser, set the Tools, Options, Use Current pages, and closed the browser. When I restart, the apptabs appear as I would expect, but they ALSO appear as regular tabs. If this is the way it's supposed to work, what is the point?
You have your wording mixed around two different options
one is for
:When Firefox Starts: Show ...
:and the other is for setting home page -- Use current pages
I expect that first one was "Show my Home Page"
The app-tabs then are in addition to your home page, you just repeated your home pages into normal tabs.
The app-tabs are preserved from one session to the next.
For me currently here in questions I have 8-9 tabs set up as app-tabs, I know what the are and in what order, my home page is not one them. I can clear all of the tabs to right of my app-tabs with Multiple Tab Handler and continue.
Home page is just a page I can bring up quickly with a button, I can bring up any page quickly with a keyboard shortcut or through the AwesomeBar features available in the Location Bar, and History and Bookmarks sidebar and Library list.
more information on app-tabs:
* https://support.mozilla.com/questions/837562
* https://support.mozilla.com/questions/840004
* https://support.mozilla.com/questions/840583
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/what-are-app-tabs
I am sticking with my choice to bookmark those I want as app-tabs and to refresh everything by closing all tabs then using the bookmark folder to restore tabs to be used as app-tab and pin them all at once using Multiple Tab Handler, so there is only one page in each.
In normal use I will restart at the first level in a tab, similar but not quite the same as really clearing out the cobwebs. -
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What can I delete and still have my all tabs when I restart firefox?
I need to have my tabs load, every time I open Firefox, but I want to do some housekeeping in my Tools>Options sections.
I've been searching and searching for hours, trying to find out what I can clear and have it not affect my tabs, but every explanation I've found has failed to answer the question in full, or fails to say anything about what (specifically) fracks with your tabs and what doesn't, or whatever. And then they'll make vague references to your "Cache" and not really say anything about what to do with it or why, while still managing to write you a whole essay of bullshit (I wrote, edited, and graded many a Psychology and Philosophy paper in school, so I usually have a high tolerance for it, but jeebus!).
If someone could please clear this up for me, that would be great. Preferably in a ''"Your Tabs will be fine if you do X, but not if you do Y, because..."'' kind of way. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as a dick, but I'm exhausted, ill, and frustrated; I swear I'm usually much nicer!Only clearing the Browsing History via Clear Recent History when Firefox is closed will prevent tabs from opening on the next start. All other choices can be used without problems.
*Tools > Options > Privacy : History: [X] Clear history when Firefox closes > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History -
Firefox 4 mac. no save tabs when exiting/restarting
I just upgraded to firefox 4 on my mac.
I have looked in the preferences for the option to save tabs (multiple tabs) when exiting / restarting firefox.
I have found info on this for windows but not for os x.
I love and use this feature extensively. How do I get it back?
Thanks in advanceApp tabs and Tab Groups (Panorama) are stored as part of the session data in the file sessionstore.js in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder]
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
Make sure that you do not use [[Clear Recent History]] to clear the "Browsing History" -
How i can have all my opened tab when upgrade my firefox?
now i'm still using very old Firefox 3.6.12, and i want to upgrede it. I always using "save and quit" to my all opened tab when quit and not using bookmarks. total about 300+ tab opened.
i already try upgrade once and all my tab is lost. and because of that i do system restore and reintall with old one again.
how i can have all my opened tab when upgrade my firefox?
sorry my english is mess....I do not think anything much has changed with the Firefox system restore files and how they are handled so it may be possible to keep these and use them after an upgrade in a new version of Firefox.
It is '''very important that you backup the Firefox profile''' see
*[[Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles]]
If you do that you will be able to use the open tabs again. <br />(May need to reinstall Firefox 3.6 again possibly as an additional browser) <br />
You must
* Put that profiles somewhere safe. NOT in the Firefox profile or program path. Your Window's Desktop is ok as a safe place.
*When needed. Only work with copies of those files. Keep the original files and folders safe.
Upgrade to the latest Firefox. Because you are going up so far from 3.6 to 27 do this by installing the new Firefox 27. Do not try using each upgrade step from 3.6 to 27.
Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
More information about reinstalling Firefox can be found [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-and-diagnose-firefox-problems?esab=a&s=troubleshooting&r=3&as=s#w_5-reinstall-firefox here].
WARNING: Do not run Firefox's uninstaller or use a third party remover as part of this process, because that could permanently delete your Firefox data, including but not limited to, extensions, cache, cookies, bookmarks, personal settings and saved passwords. <br />These cannot be recovered unless they have been backed up. <br />(That is why I asked that the profile was backed up FIRST)
You may be surprised and find Firefox still has the old tabs once it is reinstalled.
Post back with how you get on. We should be able to get access to the old tabs again.
In future I suggest you do not try to rely on keeping 300 tabs open all the time without bookmarking them. You will at some stage probably lose some or all of these tabs, or their related states and history.
Please in future
* Backup your profile on a regular basis.
**Once a week means you may only lose one week's open tabs.
*Bookmark important open tabs.
** Bookmarks keep well.
** Open tabs do not keep well & may be lost.
* If possible reduce the number of open tabs you use. -
In the latest version of Firefox, I am not able to open a new tab neither by Ctrl+T nor from the File Tab nor by pressing the '+' sign next to the last tab. So the only solution is opening "New window" which is extremely messy. Kindly help me with this issue.
hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here...
[[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] -
When I restart Firefox, my pinned tabs open to the last webpage that I viewed rather than the page that I originally pinned. For example, if I pinned to a local newspaper's website, navigate to espn while on the pinned tab and then close Firefox, the next time I open Firefox, the pinned tab goes to espn rather than the local newspaper's site.
Additionally, the same thing happens if I am reading an article on the pinned tab. When reopening Firefox, the pinned tab goes to the last article viewed.Hi don.w,
That is just the way that pinned tabs are designed. They are meant to be left on the page you want them left on e.g. a web mail account.
If you want to pin a newspaper then I would pin the front page and then open any article you want to read in a new tab.
Having said that there is an addon called [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities/ Tab-utilities] which contains an option to automatically revert a pinned tab to the original URL.
I hope that helps.
--Edward -
Your download page for 5.0 stated: All of the App Tabs you have set when you close Firefox will open as App Tabs when you start Firefox again.
I liked the convenience of using App Tabs and was disappointed to find that the ones I had set up yesterday were gone today. Am I doing something wrong?Works fine for me, I can simulate your problem by improperly closing Firefox.
The correct way would be to close the windows you don't want and then to exit Firefox through the File ("'''Alt+F'''") menu then use '''Exit''' or '''Qui'''t depending on your system.
But '''I can simulate your problem''' by closing the good window with "X" in the upper right-corner first (the one with the app-tabs) and then close the other window by any means.
You restart Firefox and open a window, since you closed without app-tabs there are none so you just see a window with your home page.
Firefox has some things added to Firefox 4 and therefore in Firefox 5.
# "'''Alt+S'''" (Hi'''s'''tory menu)
# "'''Restore Previous Session'''" (that's the window without the app-tabs, but you have to this first)
# "'''Restore Recently Closed Windows'''" -- can choose which window to reopen based on name and the mouse-over tells how many tabs. or you just use "'''Restore All Windows'''" without the guessing.
''I know you are on a Mac, and this affects Windows user more than anybody else, but it does affect other systems besides Windows, occasionally, perhaps more often now with the plugins container.''
The following may not completely eliminate having to terminate Firefox through the Windows Control Panel but it will come very close.
'''Plug-in and tasks started by Firefox may continue after attempting
to close Firefox''' The "X" in the upper right-hand corner closes the
Window (same as Ctrl+Shift+W) but even if it is the last Firefox window,
it does not necessarily close Firefox .
The only '''proper way to exit Firefox''' is to use '''Exit''' through the
File menu, not the "X" in the upper right corner of last Firefox window.
In the Firefox 4 and 5 that would be Alt+F then X
* '''Firefox hangs''' | Troubleshooting | Firefox Support <br>http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20hangs#w_hang-at-exit
Use the '''Windows Task Manger''' to remove all running firefox.exe in the "'''Processes'''" tab of the Windows Task Manager, then restart Firefox.
If Firefox will still not start, remove the parent.lock file from the profile which is created each time Firefox is started to prevent other Firefox tasks from running, see<br>
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use#Remove_the_profile_lock_file
'''Avoiding Problems with close/restart''' ''choose either extension''
:Use to close and restart Firefox after enabling or disabling an extension, switching to a new theme, or modifying configuration files, then you don't have to worry about delay or have to look in the Task Manager to see if Firefox is closed yet.
Both extensions use the same keyboard shortcut "'''Ctrl+Alt+R'''" or a file menu option.
*"'''Restartless Restart'''" extension for Firefox 4.0+ only (2 KB download ) <br>https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/249342/
*For older versions use "'''QuickRestart'''" extension (34 KB download) (<br>https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/3559/ -
I noticed when I restart Firefox 4, it opens my previous tabs even I set the option "Open a blank page" and it opens blank page when I have "Show my windows and tabs from last time". Please ignore my question if you're already aware of this issue. Thanks.
Your previous tabs will not re-open or be available to re-open when starting Firefox if:
*your previous session was in Private Browsing mode; see --> http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Private+Browsing
*you use Clear Recent History (''Firefox button > History > Clear Recent History'' or ''Tools > Clear Recent History''); see --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History#w_how-do-i-clear-my-history
*you clear History automatically when closing Firefox; see --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History#w_how-do-i-make-firefox-clear-my-history-automatically
NOTE: Your third-party Plugins (Add-ons > Plugins) are not in the "Application Basics" (Troubleshooting Information) in the "More system details" of your original post. Third-party Plugins are categorized separately in "Installed Plugins" under "More system details". You should review but not change the Plugins as detected automatically by the software on this forum when posting a question.
If you problem still exists after checking the above, the problem could be caused by one or more of your Extensions or Plugins:
*See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes Troubleshooting extensions and themes]
*See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins Troubleshooting plugins]
*See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting Basic Troubleshooting]
'''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when <u>signed-in</u> to the forum.''' -
How come I am not able to open new tabs? I clicked on new tab and I've tried to click on the + sign next to the current tab, but still I am not able to.
Ask toolbar is the culprit...Thanks!!!
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I can open a new browser window, but not a new tab, neither by clicking the plus or selecting it from the menu. I have fully updated firefox and also restarted. what's going on?
I have the same problem with the right click and do not have the ask toolbar installed on my system?
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Firefox is set to open a new page when a link is selected, however it opens underneath/behind
Firefox is set to open a new page when a link is selected, however it opens underneath/behind the page containing the link. In other words I can't see the new page because it is beneath the one I'm looking at.
75% of the time this happens, 25% of the time it works as it should.Do you mean that it is opening links in a new window? If you would rather have a new tab instead, you can set that in Options > Tabs. Some links are set up so that they will open in a new tab or window. I know of no way to make those open in the same tab, short of changing the code on the page.
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I have Firefox 4 set to save the windows from my last session. When I restart Firefox, it does this OK, but then opens several blank windows as well. The number seems to be increasing - just now I got 14!
I run Win XP ProI have firefox 3.6 and 4 on XP and have not noticed such problems.
If you have blank pages open they will get saved and reopen along with the other open tabs. Maybe some of them are scrolled off screen and you do not notice them. Note if you include pipe symbols in the home list they open blank tabs.
If you are talking about separate windows maybe your autorestores kept as sessionsore files are getting messed up. Remember you have options to save open tabs as bookmarks, and if you (Windows users) right click on a tab that gives a bookmark all tabs option.
Try opening firefox and when closing it, closing each open window in turn and then when you reopen allowing it to re-open a couple of times without using the option to restore previous settings ie use the option '''''Start new Session'''''
If that fails it may then be worth considering manually deleting ''sessionstore.js'' and any backup or additional copies of that - '''but''' remember to first save the open tabs as bookmarks if they are important.
*See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
Note also Firefox 4 has changed its default behaviour, but it does normally save the tabs on closing down, it just does not by default ask you if that is what is required, and on reopening you then need to use the restore option, which may be displayed as an option in the centre of the screen.
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