Firefox doesn't restore my session even though the box is checked in Options
Also, when I click on the Layers icon in the upper right corner, there is no option to restore the previous session.
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Does your Firefox record tab and window history normally during regular use? For example, if you open a new window using Ctrl+n, then close the window, can you re-open it using Ctrl+Shift+n or the menu item here:
- "3-bar" menu button > Library > History > Recently closed windows
- Library toolbar button > History > Recently closed windows
- (menu bar) History > Recently closed windows
Please also make sure Firefox doesn't delete browsing history at shutdown. You can check that here:
- Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options
- Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences
- Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences
- Any system: type or paste about:preferences into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it
In the left column, click Privacy & Security
On the right side, scroll down to the History section. Usually it says:
Firefox will: Remember history
If it says
Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
make sure this box is not checked:
[_] Clear history when Firefox closes
If it says
Firefox will: Never remember history
that setting is not compatible with restoring your session.
Was everything okay there?
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Chosen Solution
Does your Firefox record tab and window history normally during regular use? For example, if you open a new window using Ctrl+n, then close the window, can you re-open it using Ctrl+Shift+n or the menu item here:
- "3-bar" menu button > Library > History > Recently closed windows
- Library toolbar button > History > Recently closed windows
- (menu bar) History > Recently closed windows
Please also make sure Firefox doesn't delete browsing history at shutdown. You can check that here:
- Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options
- Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences
- Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences
- Any system: type or paste about:preferences into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it
In the left column, click Privacy & Security
On the right side, scroll down to the History section. Usually it says:
Firefox will: Remember history
If it says
Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
make sure this box is not checked:
[_] Clear history when Firefox closes
If it says
Firefox will: Never remember history
that setting is not compatible with restoring your session.
Was everything okay there?
Ctrl+Shift+n works; also, Ctrl+Shift+T after closing a tab. History section says: Remember history
Just discovered that when I open Firefox again, and get one tab on my home page, if I click on recently closed WINDOWS, I see a icon that will open my last session as a new window.
Modified by broccoli.salad.soup
Nevermind. Problem was that a second Firefox window was opened, probably as I was just beginning to use it--I just installed it--and I didn't notice. So I was using, and then closing that second window, and that's why when I opened Firefox again, I got the blank window. When I discovered the old, original window--I have 20 windows open; that's normal--and closed it, when I opened Firefox again, there were all the tabs. I think I'll go have a beer.
Glad you sorted it out. I always close Firefox using the menu to avoid having the wrong windows in a "closed" status:
- "3-bar" menu button > Exit
- (menu bar) File > Exit
- (keyboard) Alt+F then x
Good suggestion. Thanks for your help.