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Prevent Firefox from attempting to restore tabs on Crash?

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We have VDI devices which run Firefox on startup. They open to a specific home page for a company and display statistics. Recently, upon restarting, the VDI will open to the, "Well this is embarrasing" Page instead of the home page. I want firefox, no matter what, to open up to the specific homepage I have set for it. Anyone can help? Thanks. -Mitch

We have VDI devices which run Firefox on startup. They open to a specific home page for a company and display statistics. Recently, upon restarting, the VDI will open to the, "Well this is embarrasing" Page instead of the home page. I want firefox, no matter what, to open up to the specific homepage I have set for it. Anyone can help? Thanks. -Mitch

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Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. At the top of the screen is a search bar.

Type browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash and set this to False.

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Here is what it looks like.

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Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. At the top of the screen is a search bar.

Type browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash and set this to False.

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Thanks, will check in the morning once they restart.

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You can set browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes to 0 on the about:config page to get the about:sessionrestore page immediately with the first start after a crash has occurred or the Task Manager was used to close Firefox.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

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Thanks again! Setting it to false fixed the issue.

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Glad to help. Safe Surfing.