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Installing Firefox 4 changed my tabs options so when I start load it starts a new session. I want to recover my tabs from my previous session. How?

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MrCup
MrCup
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Installing Firefox 4 changed my tabs options so when I loaded, it has started a new session and not loaded the tabs I had open when I closed my last session.

I want to recover my tabs from my previous session. Possible?

My previous session had been open for over a week so this history is basically useless as it's cluttered with thousands of pages.

Installing Firefox 4 changed my tabs options so when I loaded, it has started a new session and not loaded the tabs I had open when I closed my last session. I want to recover my tabs from my previous session. Possible? My previous session had been open for over a week so this history is basically useless as it's cluttered with thousands of pages.

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Himanshu Garg
Himanshu Garg
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  1. Press Alt+T
  2. Click on Options
  3. Go to General Panel
  4. Under the category When Firefox Starts select "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
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MrCup
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Obviously I've done that.

That's how I had it set previously, but when I installed Firefox 4 it rest it and I lost all the tabs I had open. I want THOSE specific tabs. I can't remember then and I didn't know the update would alter my settings.