Reopen last used tabs in Powershell ISE

Hi Scripting Guys
I use a lot of tabs in Powershell ISE console in my work, as an Administrator, and every time I close the ISE I need to reopen every tabs that I used before. So my question is:
When I open Powershell ISE can it automatically reopen last tabs, that I used? Can Powershell ISE remember that last used tabs like IE can remember last open browser session?
Best regards,
Thorkell

Hi,
I do this by killing the ISE process with process explorer instead of closing the window. The next time you open the ISE it will note that it didn't shut down properly and will reopen the tabs you had open previously.
I'm not aware of a graceful way to do this though.
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I've done this a few times to keep my tabs when I open up ISE another time. :)
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