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Firefox "forgets" my previous session info. Can this be corrected?

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epaladin
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Sometimes Firefox forgets my previous session info for no apparent reason. At other times like today it was due to a hidden Yahoo login window behind my main session window. As soon as I closed the main window I saw the hidden window and immediately reopened another instance of Firefox but the previous session didn't return, just my home pages instead,

Is there a way to prevent this behavior and retain previous sessions in this circumstance?

Thanks,

Sometimes Firefox forgets my previous session info for no apparent reason. At other times like today it was due to a hidden Yahoo login window behind my main session window. As soon as I closed the main window I saw the hidden window and immediately reopened another instance of Firefox but the previous session didn't return, just my home pages instead, Is there a way to prevent this behavior and retain previous sessions in this circumstance? Thanks,

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Try using the Exit button or menu-item, rather than just closing the window.

File > Exit after hitting the Alt key to view the Menu Bar. or Hit the 3-bar button to open the Menu Panel and use the Exit button at the lower-right corner of the Menu Panel. The "off" symbol - circle with a line at the top. On cursor hover that button will show Exit Firefox.

epaladin
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OK, thanks! I'll try that method to exit Firefox in the future. I may not know for a while if that solves the problem because the "forgetfulness" only happens occasionally.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check "History > Recently Closed Tabs/Windows" to see if there are tabs amd windows that can be recovered.

epaladin
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Thanks for the suggestion! But both the "Recover Previous Session" and "Recently Closed Tabs/Windows" are grayed out when this happens.