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"Recently Closed Windows" is no longer functioning.

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LillianB
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A hibernating computer was woken. Because I couldn't open any new tabs, I closed down what I had and restarted Firefox. However, while it went to "Restore Previous Session," the "Recently Closed Windows" command didn't work. After restarting the computer, the same issue remained.

A hibernating computer was woken. Because I couldn't open any new tabs, I closed down what I had and restarted Firefox. However, while it went to "Restore Previous Session," the "Recently Closed Windows" command didn't work. After restarting the computer, the same issue remained.

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SrazZz
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Hello,

Can we know the configuration of your computer?

SrazZz

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox profile folder that store session data.

Rename (or delete) the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox profile folder.

Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost and you will have to recreate them (make a note or bookmark them if possible).

You can check browser.sessionstore.* prefs including browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash on the about:config page and reset browser.sessionstore prefs that are user set (bold) via the right-click context menu to the default value to make sure that Session Restore is enabled and working properly.