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"Open previous windows and tabs" is not opening previous windows and tabs

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MaxTrax
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For whatever reason, a few days ago Firefox quit opening previous windows and tabs on startup.

And yes, ""Open previous windows and tabs" in Settings is checked.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

For whatever reason, a few days ago Firefox quit opening previous windows and tabs on startup. And yes, ""Open previous windows and tabs" in Settings is checked. Any ideas? Thanks!

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jonzn4SUSE
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Yes, it does happen. What OS? What version of Firefox? Anything under history? see screenshot

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jonzn4SUSE
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If nothing is there. What files do you see in the sessionstore-backups folder in your profile? see screenshot Post a screenshot showing the files in your folder.

You will normally find these files in the sessionstore-backups folder: 

   previous.jsonlz4 (cleanBackup: copy of sessionstore.jsonlz4 from previous session that was loaded successfully)
   recovery.jsonlz4 (latest version of sessionstore.jsonlz4 written during runtime)
   recovery.baklz4 (previous version of sessionstore.jsonlz4 written during runtime)
   upgrade.jsonlz4-<build_id> (backup created during an upgrade of Firefox)

You can copy a file that has a date before the issue with Firefox closed from the sessionstore-backups folder to the main profile folder and rename the file to sessionstore.jsonlz4 to replace the current file. 

   make sure to backup the current sessionstore.jsonlz4

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