The Restore previous session button is dead. Not doing anything

I have been able to use this before but this time, I click and nothing. Dead. Went to history and tried it there. Same result. No error message just a dead button

Hi trustdiva-
Did you try restarting the browser and trying it again? Have you upgraded to the latest version of Firefox? That would be the best place to start.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

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The restore previous session button is not working on Firefox on any of my three machines. How can I fix this?

I have a desktop at work, and a desktop and laptop at home and just recently the "restore previous session" button that comes up when I use the desktop icon to start a Firefox Web browser session does not work. It is there and I click it but nothing happens. I have Windows 7 on the two computers at home and thought that is what I had on this computer at work, but it may be Vista. It's not XP.

Had this trouble myself, just did some research and solved it!
Go to the '''Help''' menu, go to "'''Troubleshooting Information'''"
On the new window, click "'''Open Containing folder'''" next to ''Profile Directory'' (This opens the folder on your PC where Mozilla stores some settings, like a tab history)
In the new Windows Explorer window, Find the file "'''chromeappsstore.sqlite'''"
You'll want to close Firefox and then '''delete''' that file (don't worry, Firefox will create a new one, and you won't even lose the open tabs)
Start Firefox again and the button should work!
(For completeness's sake, the profile folder for windows7 is: C:\Users\Tiberion\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\c6xu23fh.default\
where you replace Tiberion with your own username, and the random characters in the final folder will be different.)

How can I add the Restore Previous Session button to a custom home page?

Just lost my full post, so, sorry for the abruptness.
Here's what I have:
<pre><nowiki><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html [
<!ENTITY % htmlDTD
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
%htmlDTD;
<!ENTITY % globalDTD SYSTEM "chrome://global/locale/global.dtd">
%globalDTD;
<!ENTITY % aboutHomeDTD SYSTEM "chrome://browser/locale/aboutHome.dtd">
%aboutHomeDTD;
<!ENTITY % browserDTD SYSTEM "chrome://browser/locale/browser.dtd" >
%browserDTD;
]>
<HTML>
<button class="launchButton" id="restorePreviousSession">&historyRestoreLastSession.label;</button>
</HTML></nowiki></pre>
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

If someone can tell me this forum's tags for posting code, I'll gladly correct my original post so you can correctly see the code that I'm using. >.<

My "Restore Previous Session" button is not working anymore. When I click it, nothing happens. How can I fix this?

When I click the "Restore Previous Session" button on my Firefox home page, nothing happens. It usually restores all of my tabs from the previous session, and now it does nothing.

Hi cor-el
After deleting the file, that bug is solved. HOORAY!
But it seems like it crashes my About:Home page. Now, there's a blank box below the search bar and it is not responding. Can't use it to search etc.
Does this happen to your FF?
Thanks. Much appreciated.

My restore previous session button is gone from the home page. How do i get it back?

Today when i started Firefox it no longer had the restore previous session button. I have not changed anything since last time i browsed and the button do not appear even if i close down Firefox with tabs/windows open. Please help

Are you keeping the history?
*Do not use "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear the "Browsing History".
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Does it work if you select this?
*Tools > Options > General > Startup: When Firefox Starts:
**Show my windows and tabs from last time
You can also test for problems with Session Restore:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Session+Restore

Since replacing hard drive, "restore previous session" button doesn't work, can only do it through history tab. Also will not start up from task bar icon.

Hi, been using Firefox for some years, had to replace hard drive recently and re loaded Firefox. Since then, the restore previous session button doesn't work, but I can do it from the History tab. Also Firefox itself won't start from the task bar or desktop, only the start menu.
Using Windows XP

This function may not be available for mobile yet. You can put your suggestions to the [[Suggestion Box]]. Thanks!

Can I disable the restore previous session that appears every time I start Firefox?

I want to disable the Restore previous session button that appears every time I start Firefox

Consider using a separate password protected Operating System account, if possible, that may help.
You may use [[Private Browsing]] to prevent some of these problems occurring.
* see also [[Clear Recent History#w_how-do-i-clear-my-history]]_how-do-i-clear-my-history (Blue text --^-- is a clickable link)

Second Update - I'm unable to restore previous session as I do not have the option on homepae or history menu

Closed as duplicate. Please continue with the original question [/questions/992628] ~J99
Dear Sir/Madam,
I do hope you are able to assist me - I lodged a query earlier on today and got a response (I've put it below) really quickly and was much appreciated; however it didn't address my query (it seemed to just cover what I had already found on the website and not that I don't have the "Restore" buttons on either my Firefox homepage or on the pull down menu.
If you could let me know how to restore a previous session without either the "Restore" button on the homepage or the pull down Firefox menu, it would be appreciated (Also, I have not changed my settings)
My initial query & reply:
I hope you may be able to assist me - my computer turned off while I was in Firefox and in the past this has been no problem as I always got the page giving me the option to recover my previous open pages. Today however it opened on the Firefox home page. I have tried to recover pages as per help instructions on the Mozilla pages, but on the Firefox home page I don't have the recover previous session button, and when I go to history on the Firefox pull down menu the "Restore previous sessions, Recently Closed Tabs, Recently Closed Options" selections have been disabled.
Could you please let me know how I can recover my previous session?
Thanks and regards, Graeme
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You can check browser.sessionstore.* prefs including browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash on the about:config page and reset browser.sessionstore prefs that are user set (bold) via the right-click context menu to the default value to make sure that Session Restore is enabled and working properly.
•http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
•https://support.mozilla.org/kb/restore-previous-session
•http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Never remember history).
•https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Private+Browsing
•Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
•Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"
In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
•do not clear the Browsing History
•Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings
•https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, passwords, and other website specific data.

Please continue with the original question [/questions/992628]
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I'm unable to restore previous session as I do not have the option on homepae or history menu

I hope you may be able to assist me - my computer turned off while I was in Firefox and in the past this has been no problem as I always got the page giving me the option to recover my previous open pages. Today however it opened on the Firefox home page. I have tried to recover pages as per help instructions on the Mozilla pages, but on the Firefox home page I don't have the recover previous session button, and when I go to history on the Firefox pull down menu the "Restore previous sessions, Recently Closed Tabs, Recently Closed Options" selections have been disabled.
Could you please let me know how I can recover my previous session?
Thanks and regards, Graeme

You can check browser.sessionstore.* prefs including browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash on the about:config page and reset browser.sessionstore prefs that are user set (bold) via the right-click context menu to the default value to make sure that Session Restore is enabled and working properly.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/restore-previous-session
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Never remember history).
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Private+Browsing
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
*Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"
In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
*do not clear the Browsing History
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, passwords, and other website specific data.

I don't like the retore previous option. if someone were to open it they could hack my facebook account or something else. how do i turn of the restore previous session option

I don't like the restore previous session option b/c it can lead to hacking into my computer.

Hello,
You could read this-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_4#Migration_issues
But if you really want to go to Firefox 3.6,
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older
and click the "Download" link for English Windows.

Does the restore previous session call get destroyed too with the new forget button in firefox

I have checked under startup to restore previous session ... Can it still if I use the new forget button since it states all tabs are closed ... so that would be last session to my thinking Rick Carter

I think there is a serious risk that your session history will be cleared, too. However, I haven't tested it yet. If you want to preserve a copy of your session history files while you experiment, you can back them up as follows:
Open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using either
* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Troubleshooting Information
* (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
* type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter
In the first table on the page, click the "Show Folder" button. This should launch a list of your settings files.
Look for a folder named '''sessionstore-backups''' and copy it in its entirely to a safe location such as your Documents folder.
You also should find a file named sessionstore.js which contains your current session windows and tabs. You could back that one up, too, but the recovery.js file in the sessionstore-backups folder should be identical or virtually identical (it may lag a little, but should be updated to be the same fairly quickly).

How do I get the restore previous session

1st how do I get the history menu to have functioning "Restore previous session" and "Recently Closed Tabs" and "Recently Closed Windows" options? They are not usually in black but gray, not useable.
2nd, how do I get to articles which explain things like the history menu and how to use it without asking a question through this process?

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: Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
*To see all History and Cookie settings, choose: Firefox > Preferences > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
* Deselect: [ ] "Permanent Private Browsing mode"

How do I disable Restore Previous Session in normal usage (not startup)?

I do not want Restore Previous Sessions available so anyone can check what I did before.
I do want to retain passwords, forms, and other autocomplete information.

Read this link [[Session Restore]] scroll down to Privacy issues

My FF crashes many a times and the last opened tabs are not restored. The Restore Previous Session under the history tab is greyed out and the the Session restore button on about:home is not there and im using FF 8.0.1

The tabs on about:home is not there instead there are Firefox advertisements and the restore button under history is greyed out>

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Private+Browsing
To see all History and Cookie settings, choose:
*Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
*Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Session+Restore

The Restore Previous Session is always greyed out in my Firefox.

I have do not have any possibility to restore my previous session in my Firefox as the option under the History menu is always greyed out.
I am using Firefox 33.1.1 on OS X Yosemite (10.10.1).

Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
*Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
See also:
*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

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