Why does "open all in tabs" delete my entire current browsing session?

I went into my bookmarks and selected "open all in tabs" for a particular folder. It opened all those links in new tabs, all right - but it closed every tab I already had open, and did not save the session.
It is really, massively frustrating and stressful when this happens, because I have to spend hours slogging through weeks of history, trying to reconstruct what I was already doing. WHY is this set up this way? If it's going to delete all my current tabs, shouldn't it save them all as a session (preferably) or at least warn me that it will do so?

this is not the standard behaviour in firefox - per default "open all in tabs" will open the selected bookmarks next to your already open tabs. do you have any extensions installed that might alter this behaviour?
not related to your question: you have a outdated version of the flash plugin installed on your system. for security reasons you should probably update to the latest version. you can check your plugins at [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck].

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Bookmark "Open all in tabs" deletes all current tabs

Fresh install of Firefox 29
I have several submenu's of bookmark categories. With Firefox 28 I used to open a blank tab, go to a bookmark subcategory and "Open all in tabs", and the blank tab would be replaced with the several pages I had listed in the bookmark subcategory. All my existing tabs except the blank tab would remain on my tab bar.
Except now, they didn't. All my tabs gone, replaced by the bookmarks I just opened. Yes I can probably find the original in history, etc. but that's not the point. Why are tabs being deleted like this? I consider tab loss a very serious issue, it's akin to data loss, which is not really acceptable.

No, the tabs disappear from the drop down arrow as well.
Settings:
Open links that open in a new window in: New Tab
[x]Warn me when closing multiple tabs
[] Warn me when closing window with multiple tabs
[x]Warn me when closing window with protected tabs
[x]Warn me when opening multiple tabs might slow down Firefox
[x]Don't load tabs until selected
[]When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately
[]Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar
Hide the tab bar: Never
Though I don't see that ANY of these settings have anything to do with this issue at all.

Why does "open in new tab" function, open in both new tab, and the current window ?

Right click on something, select "open in a new tab" As well as opening in a new tab, quite frequently the current window is overlayed with the same thing.

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
There are other things that need your attention.
Your System Details List shows multiple Flash plugins.
# Shockwave Flash 14.0 r0
# Shockwave Flash 11.7 r700
You can find the installation path of all plugins on the about:plugins page.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_plugins#Identifying_installed_plugins
You can check the Flash player installation folder for multiple Flash player plugins and remove older version(s) of the plugin (NPSWF32) and possibly (re)install the latest Flash player.
*(32 bit Windows) C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
*(64 bit Windows) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\

Why does the Right-click - "t" delete a bookmark on the bookmark toolbar, when Right-click - "t" opens a new tab elsewhere. The bookmark toolbar use Right-click - "w" to open in a new tab. Please change this to "t" to...

Why does the Right-click -> "t" delete a bookmark on the bookmark toolbar, when Right-click -> "t" opens a new tab elsewhere in Firefox. The bookmark toolbar use Right-click -> "w" to open in a new tab. Please change this to "t" to... I keep deleting all my bookmark because you don't make the commands consistent!

If you have accidentally removed bookmarks then use "Organize > Undo" in the bookmarks manager (Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks) to get them back. 
The Organize button is the first of the three buttons on the toolbar in the Library (Bookmarks Manager). 
That only works if you haven't closed Firefox.
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301888 Bug 301888] – Bookmarks cut instead of opened in new tab from Bookmarks Toolbar Folder
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Why does closing all open windows (15) and leaving only one drop ram usage from 1.5 to 1.4Gb and not more.

Why does closing all open windows (15) and leaving only one drop ram usage by only 100mb from 1.5 to 1.4Gb.
What is in this 1.4 gb ?
I don't care much about ram, It's just that cpu usage spike like crazy by the end.
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Hi musicfan, Sorry you are having problems with Firefox. Maybe you should have asked earlier and we could have fixed it.
Reading your comments I do not see that rolling back to an insecure Firefox 22 will actually help you much. You are probably best using IE, unless you have also damaged that.
*[[Export bookmarks to Internet Explorer]]
You should not use old versions they are insecure. Security fixes are publicised and exploitable.
* [[Install an older version of Firefox]]
* https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html
Most others will not be having such problems. We are now able to say that with confidence because after developers missed a regression in Firefox 4 telemetry was introduced so that data was obtained. It may be an idea to turn on your telemetry, if you have not already done so, and decide to stick with Firefox.
*[[Send performance data to Mozilla to help improve Firefox]]
Trying safe mode takes seconds. Unfortunatly if you are not willing to do even rudimentary troubleshooting there is not anything we can do to help you.
*[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]

Idea for enhancement: When in the bookmarks menu, how about in each folder adding an choice of "Bookmark Current page in this folder". ie this would appear like the "Open All in Tabs" choice does now. Where soudl I post this idea?

ie this would appear like the "Open All in Tabs" choice does now. Where soudl I post this idea?

You can submit ideas here - http://hendrix.mozilla.org/
The [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/3880/ Add Bookmark Here ²] extension does what you want.

Firefox does not open all the tabs kirloskar brothers limited portal

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Hello,
To find the correct solution to your problem, we need some more non-personal information from you. Please do the following:
# Use ONE of these methods to open the Firefox Troubleshooting Information page:
#* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click on help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Troubleshooting Information''.
#* Type '''about:support''' into the Firefox address bar and press the enter key.
# At the top of the Troubleshooting Information page that comes up, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
#Now, go back to your forum post, right-click in the reply box and select '''Paste''' from the context menu (or else click inside the reply box and press the Ctrl+V keys) to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.
If you need further information about the Troubleshooting information page, please read the article [[Use the Troubleshooting Information page to help fix Firefox issues]].
Thanks in advance for your help!

How do I get rid of "Open All In Tabs" from the Bookmarks dropdown menu? [STUPIDITY] Also, my bookmarks run off the bottom of the screen and I can't see them all.

The bottom of my bookmarks in one subcategory extends beyond the screen on my TV and I can't see them all. I can't see where any arrow to extend the bookmarks to the bottom of the list is so I've been clicking below the last visible bookmark in that list and I hit that STUPID "Open All In Tabs" crap (then everything locks up). WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD WANT TO OPEN ALL OF THEIR BOOKMARKS AT ONCE???? Seems really, really stupid to me. And why won't the bookmarks drop down list allow me to see all of the bookmarks I've saved on that topic? It does not automatically scroll down as large lists on other drop down menus routinely do.

I agree. It is a brainless moronic subcategory!!! I would love to get rid of it!

How to open "Open All in Tabs" in the current tab as it did before Firefox 8.x

When click on "Open All in Tabs" on a grouped bookmark item Firefox use to open the group of tabs from the current tab onwards. Since version 7.x it does it by opening a new tab first and leave the current tab unchanged. Is there a setting to be changed to have the same behavior as before? It seems not logical because when I click on a single bookmark item it opens in the current tab.

Yep. Those are all correct.
Here's what I've learned from another site, Sandboxie. And this is why I hate upgrading FF and other s/w if I don't absolutely have to. They always changes stuff:
I believe this link discusses the related change in Firefox:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491947
Before version 14, Firefox used a mechanism called DDE to send links to an open instance of itself. Sandboxie includes support for this kind of one-way DDE communication, specifically to support that use case, which has now stopped working.
'''It stopped working because Firefox 14 no longer uses DDE, as described in that Firefox bugzilla page.'''
I have to take back my earlier post and say that there is nothing I can do about this in Sandboxie and that some kind of workaround will have to be the long term solution.
Guest10's solution works well, but I can't add it as a default in Sandboxie because it means that if you have an open Firefox outside the sandbox and you run Firefox in the sandbox, then a new window (or tab) opens in Firefox outside the sandbox, and nothing runs in the sandbox. I feel this kind of behavior is too confusing to offer as part of Sandboxie.
It might be possible to restore the old functionality in Firefox 14. The bugzilla page says something about Firefox 14 trying to remove all DDE functionality, but the following still seems to work for me. Download the following .reg file to your desktop (outside the sandbox), then double-click it, and confirm entering it into the registry.
See http://sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13330 for a link and a reg file.

How can I remove 'Open all in tabs' from my bookmarks?

How can I remove 'Open all in tabs' from my bookmarks? It's very annoying when you click on it by error. I downgraded from 29 to 28 because of the various bookmark issues I was having. I never had this issue with previous version of FF, why did they have to mess with stuff that was working.
I love the new layout. Thanks

Firefox 28 contains security vulnerabilities. It's best to start a new thread (ask a new question) about the other issues you're having with Firefox 29 and resolve them.
* https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html
# Install Stylish and restart Firefox when prompted.
#* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/stylish/
# Open the Add-ons Manager (Ctrl+Shift+A).
# Click User Styles on the left.
# Click the Write New Style button at the top. Paste the following in the text box, give the style a name, then click the Save button.
<pre><nowiki>
@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);
#BMB_bookmarksPopup .openintabs-menuitem,
#bookmarksMenuPopup .openintabs-menuitem {
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If you don't want to install an add-on, you can use the ''userChrome.css'' file instead, but I don't recommend it.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css

Chosing "open all in tabs" only opens the first of the bookemarks in the folder.

I have upgraded my computer with a new processor, RAM, MoBo and GPU. I also updated to the latest version of Firefox.
All my bookmarks were transferred over. However there are two main problems. When I select a folder of bookmarks to open and select "open all in tabs" it only opens one tab and then only loads the first bookmark. I tried using a mozbackup to refresh the bookmarks but they still don't open.
However Firefox does open a load of multiple tabs from a previous browsing session. However the number of tabs is wider than my screen. I used to be able to use the scroll wheel on the mouse button to "flow" the bookmarks across the screen but that no longer works.
I have also discovered that I can no longer move tabs along.
All in all FF is stuffed and I am going to have to swap to Opera or another browser as in its current state FF is unusuable.
Please can anyone make any suggestions as to what I can do?

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration 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

Why does my ipod keep on deleting my photos

why does my ipod keep on deleting my phots after i download it to the computer?

Periodically double click the home button and close all the apps in the recently used dock. Then power off and then back on the iPod. This frees up memory. The 4G only has 256 MB of memory.
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
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- Unsync/delete all music and resync
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Keyword for "Open All in Tabs"?

Is there a way to use a keyword to "Open All in Tabs" of a bookmark folder?
I know about the option to set multiple tabs as my home page. But don't want all those tabs to open every time I start FF, just when I want them to. And easily do that like typing a small keyword in the address bar.

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]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

RSS "Open all in tabs" greyed out.

On RSS feeds "Open all in tabs" seems to ALWAYS be greyed out.
It works fine on other bookmarks, so it is NOT this bug:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950762
I have lived with this bug for a loooong time since an update, I think it was around FF13.
It is greyed out on ALL machines I know of... I have seen the bug on several machines with completely independent bookmarks, seen on multiple windows versions
Tried all tricks and NONE worked. Just tried to start in safe mode (did not help) tried to start in safe mode and reset EVERYTHING - but the bug persists.
Googling the bug gives thousands and thousands of hits, so this is still an existing bug NOT related to add-ons.
The reset saves the bookmarks, so I guess the bug MIGHT be found inside the bookmark-database corrupted at some upgrade.
If this is not a bug, but an intentional removal of a function, then it should be hidden not greyed.

Thanks for the quick response. :)
I added the not too fantastic
OPEN ALL IN TABS 1.0.rev698
that adds the function back in a slightly awkward way.
....But why not keep it as an About:config option?
But even better would be to replace it with "Open all UNREAD in tabs"
:-)

Is there a way to "Open All in Tabs" in a bookmark folder and have the new set of tabs replace or close the ones I already have open? Prior to v8 it use to do this.

Used to be, if I had a blank tab open and I activated "open all in tabs" on a folder with 3 websites, I would get 3 open websites only. Since v8, the original blank tab stays open too. Is there a setting I can Change to fix this? Going back to close the original blank tab is getting frustrating.

Type '''about:config''' in the URL bar and hit Enter. 
''If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.''
Filter = '''browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent'''
Double-click that preference to change the value to '''false'''

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