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restoring tabs through previous versions

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My computer crashed and when I opened firefox again all my tabs were gone. I had remembered that I read somewhere on here that I could restore my tabs using previous versions, so I went to do that. By accident I got to the previous version page and hit restore instead of open. I believe I have rewritten over my session. Is there any way to restore my session now that I have hit restore by accident?

Also, I have managed to open the restore file in a tab with what I believe to be all the tab information but it is huge and there is no way to read it. Is there any way I can comb through this info and hopefully pull my tab information out of this page?

thanks, christine

My computer crashed and when I opened firefox again all my tabs were gone. I had remembered that I read somewhere on here that I could restore my tabs using previous versions, so I went to do that. By accident I got to the previous version page and hit restore instead of open. I believe I have rewritten over my session. Is there any way to restore my session now that I have hit restore by accident? Also, I have managed to open the restore file in a tab with what I believe to be all the tab information but it is huge and there is no way to read it. Is there any way I can comb through this info and hopefully pull my tab information out of this page? thanks, christine

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Hi chrissie87,

sessionrestore.js is overwritten evertime you close firefox. It is possible to rename is before you close the session, but not likely. You may like these two add ons:

I am sorry you lost your session. If you have any other questions, we are happy to help.