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When restoring a session, tabs won't load automatically. How do I fix this?

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This happens every time I restore my session: whenever I restore my session, instead of loading each tab automatically like it's supposed to do, it only loads the tab I'm on, so I have to go to each tab (a lot of them) and then the pages load. This is extremely frustrating and is such a waste of time! How do I get EVERY tab to load automatically? This has been driving me nuts! Please help! Thanks.

This happens every time I restore my session: whenever I restore my session, instead of loading each tab automatically like it's supposed to do, it only loads the tab I'm on, so I have to go to each tab (a lot of them) and then the pages load. This is extremely frustrating and is such a waste of time! How do I get EVERY tab to load automatically? This has been driving me nuts! Please help! Thanks.

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Go to this dialog:

orange Firefox button or classic Tools menu > Options > General

Just below When Firefox starts, uncheck the box for "Don't load tabs until selected"

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Thank you! I didn't even see that!

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Actually, this didn't solve my problem! My tabs are still not loading automatically! Please help me! This is so frustrating! After I saw this, the tabs were sort of loading correctly, but now it's gotten worse for some reason (I have to go to EACH INDIVIDUAL tab)! Please help me. Thanks.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.

You can also check the related prefs on the about:config page.

  • browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand
  • browser.sessionstore.restore_pinned_tabs_on_demand
  • browser.sessionstore.restore_hidden_tabs (tabs in other tab groups)

There are other things that need your attention.

Please Update to the latest Firefox 17.0.x version.

  • Help > About Firefox

The Firefox Firefox 13.0.1 version that you currently run is no longer supported with security updates

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Sadly, it still happens in Safe Mode. So, now what? Thanks.

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It still happened in Safe mode. Could please tell me what I should do now? Since the Safe Mode didn't help at all? Please?