When Firefox freezes and reboot is needed, Firefox always tries to open the same tabs that caused failure before.

I use tabbed browsing all the time. When I open a tab to a website that causes a problem, freezing Firefox (but not the computer) I usually find that I can clear the Firefox problem only by rebooting the computer. I am then dismayed to find that Firefox then tries to recreate the same set of tabs that caused the problem in the first place, causing Firefox to freeze a second time. Usually I can get out of this by closing Firefox and waiting a very long time for Firefox to fully close so that it can be restarted again.
This problem happens in version 4.0 as well as in the last version of 3 that I had. I recall that in some earlier versions Firefox would ask if you want to recreate your tabs or open as a new browser window. I always took second option. That choice is no longer appearing.

Set the pref [http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes] to 0 on the about:config page to get the about:sessionrestore page immediately with the first restart after a crash has occurred or the Task Manager was used to close Firefox.
That will allow you to deselect the tab(s) that you do not want to reopen, but will allow to reopen other tabs. 
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore#Restoring_a_session_after_a_crash
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes
To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website. 
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page. 
You can use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a pref more easily.

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Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]

Firefox keeps opening the same tabs on startup instead of the ones from last session

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Can you help?

A couple of things to check.
Check to see if Firefox is set to open to your home page, if so have the sites that open been set as the home page. Those settings are on the [[Options window - General panel]].
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A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox without informing you about that, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
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See [[Server not found]] and [[Firewalls]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up
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-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Extensions section -> REMOVE All Unwanted/Suspicious Extensions (Add-ons) -> Restart Firefox
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow (3)
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction (0)
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If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page. 
*Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
*Preferences that have been modified show as bold (user set).
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Hello. I have just tried this add-on you suggested, and no change.
And no, there was no some other add-on before, not that I know about it. Mainly, I need this option while I'm on a forum (IP board powered), it is not really something so important, but it's neat function for me.
So, to be more detailed - I read a certain topic on this forum, and some of the posts from other members contain YouTube screens (looking same as on the original YouTube page), showing the frame of a video.
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P.S.
Is it possible that forum updates changed my setting, and not the Firefox? Thanks again...

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