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How do I get Firefox to stop trying to recover my last session? It is not set to do that but does it anyway.

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JeanieC
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Every time I restart Firefox, it tries to restore my last session, and it fails to do that. I don't want to restore the last session. I want a fresh session. That is why I restarted it. I checked under Tools/Options/When Firefox starts... It is set to Show my home page. In spite of this, it always tries to restore my last session. Why is this happening and how do I make it stop doing it?

Every time I restart Firefox, it tries to restore my last session, and it fails to do that. I don't want to restore the last session. I want a fresh session. That is why I restarted it. I checked under Tools/Options/When Firefox starts... It is set to Show my home page. In spite of this, it always tries to restore my last session. Why is this happening and how do I make it stop doing it?

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cor-el
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If you do not use "Show my windows and tabs from last time" then make sure that Firefox closes properly to prevent session restore from reopening a possibly crashed session.

See "Hang at exit":