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Firefox start-up in Linux seems to ignore my settings?

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I've been using and enjoying Firefox for years on my various Windows machines. I've just purchased a Ubuntu Linux Thinkpad and have installed and used Firefox for a few days. It's generally working well except at start-up. Apparently it tries but can't restore the previous session, even though I have not selected "Open previous windows and tabs" ??

I am using lastest version on Windows and Linux (133.0) but I did notice the settings/options are a bit different in Linux, but I would just like to set my Linux FF to do same as Windows FF on startup, that is just two open tabs: - Gmail opened as a pinned tab. - Google Search as the open tab with focus I've attached a snip of the relevant section in General Settings How do I set this up in Linux? Thanks in advance

I've been using and enjoying Firefox for years on my various Windows machines. I've just purchased a Ubuntu Linux Thinkpad and have installed and used Firefox for a few days. It's generally working well except at start-up. Apparently it tries but can't restore the previous session, even though I have not selected "Open previous windows and tabs" ?? I am using lastest version on Windows and Linux (133.0) but I did notice the settings/options are a bit different in Linux, but I would just like to set my Linux FF to do same as Windows FF on startup, that is just two open tabs: - Gmail opened as a pinned tab. - Google Search as the open tab with focus I've attached a snip of the relevant section in General Settings How do I set this up in Linux? Thanks in advance
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This was resolved after I hit "Restore Session" (the opposite of what I intended) and then next time FF started it was correct: 1 pinned tab + 1 default page

Not sure what happend or why, but it is resolved now.

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jonzn4SUSE
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Check the option to open previous session. Firefox sometimes goes boom when restoring the previous session. Here are a few help links. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1449521 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1440459#answer-1637875

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This was resolved after I hit "Restore Session" (the opposite of what I intended) and then next time FF started it was correct: 1 pinned tab + 1 default page

Not sure what happend or why, but it is resolved now.

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