Reopening Closed Tabs Opens Several Tabs

When I choose a tab in my closed tbs list, FF opens several tabs in addition to the one I selected.
Many times it also opens a blank "new tab" as well.
Also, reopened tabs do not automatically load. I have to manually tell each page to reload for them to bring up the webpage.

This can be a problem with the file [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
Firefox 4 has a pref browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs to limit the number of pages that open at the same time.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig

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I mistakenly close a tab (leaving FF open - just one tab closed). Where is the "reopen closed tab" feature?

I know I have seen this feature in the last couple of months. I just upgraded to FF4.
To reiterate: this not about reopening the browser with all its old tabs, it is about reopening one tab (among many) that was mistakenly closed.
I looked everywhere I could think of. There ought to be a "history" button somewhere...

To reopen a closed tab, press Control-Shift-T, or go to "Recently Closed Tabs" in the History menu. (Press the "Firefox" button in the top left corner to access the History menu.)

Why does my reopening my most recently closed tab (CTRL+SHIFT+T) open the tab in a new tab group in beta 9?

In beta 8, reopening the most recently closed tab would reopen that tab in the same location where it was before. Is this a bug or perhaps a setting in about:config?

This will be fixed in beta 10: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624265 Bug 624265] – Undo most recently closed tab creates a new tab group and switches to it

Thunderbird updated and closed all open tabs.

I often keep an email tab open as a reminder until I act on it. Sometimes I will have 10 or so tabs open at the same time.
Yesterday I left the house for several hours leaving my computer on. When I returned, both Thunderbird and Firefox were closed. They were open when I left.
When I opened Thunderbird, all of my open tabs were closed. I have no idea what they were and I could find no list of Recently Closed Tabs so I could reopen them. I can only assume that an update occurred in my absence and that's what was responsible for closing Thunderbird.
This used to happen with Firefox occasionally after an update but you seem to have fixed that. Please fix Thunderbird so that it never closes open tabs.
Thanks,
Bill

Bottom line is tabs live in a file called session.json. All sorts of privacy and "speedup" type tools delete this cached information. One of the really popular ones is CCleaner. In the case of Firefox they have an additional backups they can restore from, but it is only a matter of time before these same tools. but in the case of Thunderbird functionality is somewhat reduced. Manly I think because no one at the time thought people would come to rely on tabs. In the underlying code tabs are messy and really large parts of the "vision" await further attention. Thunderbird in reality only has one and the rest is smoke and mirrors hence my particular issues re reliability long term. Compose in a tab may see more work done on the tab part of the interface to make it more robust.
Having said that I have had issues with Firefox in the very recent past, but I also run nightly builds so expect issues most people never see. (Testing comes in many forms.)
Making your own backup of the session.json file is a workaround if you feel strongly enough, but personally I think saved search folders and tags are a much improved arrangement as most IMAP servers support them so your tags appear on your other devices as well.
My view is.
Tag mail as say "To do"
open find Ctrl+Shift+F
set a search criteria for tags contain "to do" set the folder and sub folder to search
click search to make sure your criteria is working and then click save as search folder.
Thunderbird now has a new folder which only contains your "to do" tagged mails. Search folders are a vastly under utilises feature (probably because no one knows they exist) but they make a lot of business type functions much easier. (they are what underlies the "unified" folder view {View menu > folders > unified} a collection of search folders.

I can't open last closed tab, doesn't start with last tabs

I recently noticed that I cannot open the last closed tab (the selection is there, but is greyed out).
Then, when rebooting, I notice that the system does not restore the last visited tabs - even though that selection is made in the Options.
I recently installed KeePass and it's extension in Firefox and it seems to work well (I don't actually use it often). And, recently I had a glitch where the system would resize my pages (as if I was holding the Ctrl key down while scrolling.
Several reboots fixed this issue - but now I can't resize by holding the Ctrl key and scrolling (although holding Ctrl and tapping the - key will resize the window).
Any ideas on how to fix this without a total reinstall? I've been copying my Firefox profile from one computer to another for years and am concerned about losing my saved data/preferences.
Thanks in advance!!!
- John

Uninstalled KeeFox and the problem has disappeared.

How do I set Safari to prompt before closing multiple tabs OR reopen all of the closed tabs when when I relaunch the application? The "Reopen all windows from last session" is unselectable.

How do I set Safari to prompt before closing multiple tabs OR reopen all of the closed tabs when when I relaunch the application? The "Reopen all windows from last session" is unselectable.

It would seem if your choose "Show my windows and tabs from last time" '''''and''''',
*when you last closed Firefox, you had no web site open (just a blank tab), that it would open just that blank tab
*when you last closed Firefox, you had one or more tabs/web site open, that would allow you to "Restore Previous Session"
#Have you tried that?
#If so, what is happening in each circumstance when you reopen Firefox?
'''Restore Previous Session''' 
Open tabs are automatically saved when closing Firefox beginning in Firefox 4. To open your last session, after Firefox starts, click History > Restore Previous Session. For this to work
#You must be remembering history (Options > Privacy > Remember my browsing history).
#*See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Privacy%20panel Options window-Privacy panel]
#You must not be using Private Browsing or permanent Private Browsing
#*See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Private%20Browsing Private Browsing]
#You must not use Clear Recent History or Clear history when Firefox closes
#*See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History Clear Recent History]
#*See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Privacy%20panel Options window-Privacy panel]
'''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when signed-in to the forum.'''
Not related to your question, but...
You need to update some plug-ins:
*Plug-in check: https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Adobe%20Reader%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-and-updating-adobe-reader Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox]

When closing and reopening, my tabs aren't restoring like the once did. My history is only keeping one day. Need to know how to change these settings.

When closing and reopening Firefox, my tabs aren't restoring like they once did. I used to have all my tabs restore each time I opened Firefox. Now it starts with one fresh new tab and all my others are lost. I do a lot of research so this is important.
My history is only displaying one day even though I have never changed my settings even after I updated it last year.
Need to know how to restore these settings.
***OH! special note: I can't use the recently closed tabs or recently closed windows because its a grayed out option****

Are you using cleanup software like CCleaner?
If you use [[Clear Recent History]] to clear the 'Browsing History' when you close Firefox then restoring tabs from the last session ("Save & Quit" or "Show my windows and tabs from last time") doesn't work.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
There are other things that need attention:
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.
*Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
Update the [[Java]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java Platform: Download JRE)

Suddenly with version 9 and 10 i cant use the shortcut command of ctrl+shift+t to open the most recently closed tab.

Suddenly with version 9 and 10 i cant use the shortcut command of ctrl+shift+t to open the most recently closed tab. a feature used several times a day, previously. This is very Frustrating to me, i have tried looking up a tool keyconfig 20110522 and looked that it says that ctrl+shift+t is the right command, but i still cant use it WHY oh WHY?? if i could get some help figuring this out it would be so awesome, cause i love Firefox, been using it almost daily for the last 10 or so years and i don't intend to switch soon.

Hi,
Please check if this happens in [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode Safe Mode.] This is a temporary diagnostic session and you can exit anytime and start Firefox normally again. This session disables all the '''Extensions''', themes ('''Appearance''') and '''Plugins''' in '''Tools''' ('''Alt''' + '''T''') > '''Add-ons'''.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic Extensions]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes]
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons Uninstalling Add-ons]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars Uninstalling Toolbars]

Firefox remembers closed tabs when reopened

I close all tabs and quit FF 5. I reopen FF and the closed tabs reappear.

Make sure that you give Firefox enough time to close properly and save the session state to disk. 
If you close Firefox immediately after closing a lot of tabs then try to wait 15 seconds before closing Firefox to see if that helps.
You can also check for problems with the file sessionstore.js. 
You can check the date and time of that file to see if Firefox has saved it.
It is possible that there is a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
Delete the files sessionstore.js [2] and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
* Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well. 
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note or bookmark them).
See also:
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
* [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js

I have trouble opening and closing tabs in the update 3.6 versions, what's going on?

After the recently updated 3.6 versions came out, I started having trouble opening and closing tabs. Is anyone else having this problem with the updated versions?

There may be a problem with an extension, try the procedure in this link - https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Why does ctrl+shift+t many times open a random tab instead of the latest closed tab?

That's it, sometimes (I can't precise what causes it) when I dpressctrl+shift+t, firefox instead of undoing closed tabs, open a tab with a random website I visited some time ago. Like right now, I opened a tab with google and then closed, I then pressed ctrl+alt+t and it opened facebook, wich is a site I had opened like 10 pages ago

This can be a problem with the file [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak and any existing files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js to prevent Firefox from restoring a previous session.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

Open several PDFs in the same Reader window using tabs for each document

How do I open several PDFs in the same Reader window using tabs for each document? I'm using Reader 11.0.03 and Windows 7.

That would be a nice feature! Suggest it at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform - hopefully it will make it into Reader XII.

How do I open several tabs at the same time?

How do I open several tabs at the same time?

Can't you open more than one tab?
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Firefox 12 doesn't load bookmarks in sidebar, home pages don't open, undo closed tab won't work.

Firefox 11 worked fine. Firefox 12 seemed to install too fast. Now, when opening Firefox, bookmarks don't load in sidebar, even though the top of the sidebar says "bookmarks." Home pages won't load on opening Firefox---only a new tab. Clicking on the little house icon opens the home pages. Display closed tabs icon is dark and Undo closed tabs won't work. Sometimes the toolbar with File, Edit, View etc goes so dark it virtually disappears. I have Vista OS. Reinstalling Firefox 12 didn't help. Is there a fix, or can I go back to Firefox 11?

Do a clean (re)install and delete the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\).
Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
*Firefox 12.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
Uninstall your current Firefox version, if possible.
*Do NOT remove personal data when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because all profile folders will be removed and you will also lose your personal data like bookmarks and passwords from profiles of other Firefox versions.
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
*It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox
Your bookmarks and other profile data are stored elsewhere in the Firefox Profile Folder and won't be affected by a reinstall, but make sure that you do not select to remove personal data if you uninstall Firefox.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall

How do i stop it automatically switching to new tab, the setting is not ticked in options. This is annoying when opening several tabs.

Although I do not have 'switch to new tab immmediately' ticked, when I ask to open in new tab it switches immediately. This is a problem as I open several tabs from my main page and don't want to go to them at once, I'll look at them in order as I need them. Since an update I now have it switching to the opened tab, and I have to keep flicking back to the main tab. It's giving me repetitive strain problems having to keep clicking the mouse more than necessary. It's an option in the settings, I'd like it to rmain that way. I seriously don't want to keep having to go back to my main page every time I want to open a new tab. Could you make it as it was before please, it was super then. Many thanks in advance. :-)

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* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

Reopening Closed Tabs Opens Several Tabs

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