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after downloading ver 4.0, i do not have the option of "exiting" or "sava and exit." Only "exit"

gesche444
gesche444
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My most favorite benefit of Firefox is that I can "save and exit" I recently downloaded the newest version , 4.0. Since then when I goto "file>exit> click to execute, I am not given the option of "save and exit" How do I get this feature back?

My most favorite benefit of Firefox is that I can "save and exit" I recently downloaded the newest version , 4.0. Since then when I goto "file>exit> click to execute, I am not given the option of "save and exit" How do I get this feature back?

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TonyE
TonyE
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Firefox now always stores the old session, and you can access it by going to the History menu and selecting "Restore Previous Session"

If you want Firefox to display the message to save the session, it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preference browser.tabs.warnOnClose, if its value is set to false, double-click on it to change its value to true
  4. Repeat this for these 3 preferences browser.warnOnQuit, browser.warnOnRestart and browser.showQuitWarning

If you always open the last set of tabs, an alternative approach is this:

  1. Click the orange Firefox button, then select options to open the options window
  2. Go to the General panel
  3. Change the setting "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
gesche444
gesche444 Question owner
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Thank you. Your information was complete. I have two choices . In any case, you have answered my question

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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