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Firefox 4 is loading multiple windows

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After updating to Firefox 4, in addition to loading my window with all my saved tabs from the last session, it also loads additional multiple windows with a single blank tab.

How do I make it stop doing this?

After updating to Firefox 4, in addition to loading my window with all my saved tabs from the last session, it also loads additional multiple windows with a single blank tab. How do I make it stop doing this?

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It is possible that there is a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Profile Folder

Delete sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Profile Folder

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.

Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note).

See:

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Great!! This has solved the issue for me :-)

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That fixed the problem for me as well. Thanks!

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This worked, but had to do it twice (deleted the two sessionstore files twice)

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This worked the first time I tried it but now I'm having the same problem again and deleting those 2 files is no longer fixing the problem.

Any suggestions?