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Why does Firefox always reopen to my last session and tabs?

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Tom811
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Every time I close and reopen Firefox 31.0, It reopens my last session and tabs. I have set Options/General/When Firefox starts: Show my home page. Also, History/Restore Previous session is grayed out. How can I force Firefox to start with only my home page? Thanks very much.

Every time I close and reopen Firefox 31.0, It reopens my last session and tabs. I have set Options/General/When Firefox starts: Show my home page. Also, History/Restore Previous session is grayed out. How can I force Firefox to start with only my home page? Thanks very much.

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Sourjobraato Banerjee
Sourjobraato Banerjee
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Nice please set your home page url in the home page option below it if still dont work please upgrate your firefox to latest one after complete clear uninstalling it..

cor-el
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You can check if you have a user.js file in the Firefox profile folder that sets the browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once pref to true.

You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)

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

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).