This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Restore Session, Tabs, Windows All Greyed Out

  • 2 replies
  • 4 have this problem
  • 2 views
  • Paskiausią atsakymą parašė JKff22

more options

Under the History Tab, all options to restore previous session, recently closed tabs and windows - all greyed out.

The about:config shows no custom settings for "session" settings.

How is this fixed?

Under the History Tab, all options to restore previous session, recently closed tabs and windows - all greyed out. The about:config shows no custom settings for "session" settings. How is this fixed?

All Replies (2)

more options

If Restore Previous Session is grayed out then either:

  • Session was already restored
  • There is nothing to restore

If the history menu isn't reflecting a tab you just closed in the same window or another window you just closed, and your sessionstore preferences look normal, then the session history feature is not working correctly.

In that case, I would suggest a "clean" reinstall. I'm not familiar with Linux folder structures, but basically you would rename the current program folder (only, don't do anything to your profile folder) and then install again.

more options

Yes, I could create a couple tabs, close FF, then reopen and no session-restore options, though they are in the history.

I could also open a couple tabs, close them, see them in history, but the items listed remain greyed out

I tried creating a new profile and using the FEBE addon to bring in the usable gui. Same issue.

Changed the version running. That got those items not greyed-out. It's been an hour and no crash yet, so hopeful this version for Linux is stable.