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How to make FF let me choose what pages I want to restore instead of opening them automatically?

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bader7q
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I used to get the session restore page once my FF is restarted after crashing and I was able to choose if I want to start a new session or restore my previous one and also which pages I want to restore by checking their boxes, however, now all previous session pages are opened automatically without letting me specify which pages I need. How can I get back to the old session restore way and have this option. Thanks

I used to get the session restore page once my FF is restarted after crashing and I was able to choose if I want to start a new session or restore my previous one and also which pages I want to restore by checking their boxes, however, now all previous session pages are opened automatically without letting me specify which pages I need. How can I get back to the old session restore way and have this option. Thanks

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dynamite
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If Firefox has crashed or is terminated from TaskManager, then the next time you open it, it would ask you if you want to restore your previous session or start a new one. You will also be able to select which pages you want to restore.

However, if Firefox has been closed gracefully (File > Exit menu or the Close button on top right), the next time it starts, Firefox will directly go ahead and restore all your pages from the previous session.

There are a number of options that govern this behavior. More information can be found here and here.

bader7q
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Thank you very much.

I typed "about:config" in the address bar, searched for "Browser.sessionstore.max resumed crashes" and changed its value to 0 (zero) instead of 1 (one). This made me able to get the session restore page at the first time FF is launched after crashing.