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In case of a crash, can Firefox remember opened tabs?

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LAPIII
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In this Mozilla article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-previous-session that either:

On the default Firefox homepage, I can click Restore Previous Session.

In History menu, I can select Restore Previous Session.


I want to know is there another way. Also, I'm not getting the "Well, this is embarrassing" page from which I could click the Restore button.

In this Mozilla article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-previous-session that either: On the default Firefox homepage, I can click Restore Previous Session. In History menu, I can select Restore Previous Session. I want to know is there another way. Also, I'm not getting the "Well, this is embarrassing" page from which I could click the Restore button.

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You will always have to remember history if you want to be able to restore tabs from the previous session. On Linux the Options/Preferences are under the Edit menu.

  • Edit > Preferences > General > Startup: "When Firefox starts":
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LAPIII
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I forgot to add that I have Firefox set to not remember history and my homepage is Gmail.

FredMcD
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If Firefox crashes, send us the report numbers so we can help you stop them.

From the about:home page, you can press the Restore Preveous Session.

cor-el
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Try to use the "Show my windows and tabs from last time" as startup setting. This is more reliable than the other setting.

  • Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox starts":
    "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
    "Show my home page"
    "Show a blank page"
LAPIII
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Co-rel, thank you, what do I need to do in the Linux version. Would this require me to have History remembered?

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cor-el
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You will always have to remember history if you want to be able to restore tabs from the previous session. On Linux the Options/Preferences are under the Edit menu.

  • Edit > Preferences > General > Startup: "When Firefox starts":