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my firefox keep resuming my previous tab of the last i use .

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Darkgaiden
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Everytime after i closee my firefox, when i open back , i will just resume from my last page that i close. i already clean the history and the cookies but it still will open from my last site i visited. It didnt ask me if i want to restore my previous session or not, it just straight to open the tab from my previous session. I already try to refresh firefox but still not working.

Everytime after i closee my firefox, when i open back , i will just resume from my last page that i close. i already clean the history and the cookies but it still will open from my last site i visited. It didnt ask me if i want to restore my previous session or not, it just straight to open the tab from my previous session. I already try to refresh firefox but still not working.

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DesertSweeper
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I wish mine did that...I have the exact opposite problem - always opens an the Firefox start page no matter what the setting. Anyhow I am guessing you have yours set to do exactly what it is doing: Click on the "Open Menu" button extreme top-right and choose "options". Under "General" modify the drop-down box to the right of "When Firefox starts: to show either a blank page or your home page. Mine is set to show windows and tabs from last time but still suddenly refuses to do that...

cor-el
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Use one of these to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the Firefox title bar.

  • "3-bar" menu button -> Exit (Power button)
  • Windows: File -> Exit
  • Mac: Firefox -> Quit Firefox
  • Linux: File -> Quit

You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js file in the Firefox profile folder that stores session data.

  • delete sessionstore.js and sessionstore.jsonlz4

When sessionstore.js is deleted you lose pinned tabs and open tabs and you will have to recreate them, so if necessary make a note or bookmark them.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.