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Saving tabs as either webpage or file

BradyBunchFan
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Is there a way that I can save all of my open tabs as either a webpage or a file? Am really interested in doing this because my computer froze an hour ago and need to know if there is a way that I can save everything to prevent browser problems from happening again. Thank you and I really appreciate it.

Is there a way that I can save all of my open tabs as either a webpage or a file? Am really interested in doing this because my computer froze an hour ago and need to know if there is a way that I can save everything to prevent browser problems from happening again. Thank you and I really appreciate it.

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cor-el
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You can create a backup copy of the sessionstore.js file with Firefox closed to have a backup of tabs that were open in the previous session.

Firefox uses sessionstore.js in the profile folder to store session data. Sessionstore.js is only present when Firefox is closed. The sessionstore.js file is created from recovery.js when you close Firefox and is removed and copied to previous.js when you start Firefox to make is possible to restore the session at any time.

You can backup the session files in the sessionstore-backups folder in the Firefox Profile Folder to make sure not to lose possible important session data.

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

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

You can copy a file from the sessionstore-backups folder to the main profile and rename the file to sessionstore.js to replace the current file (make a backup copy of the current sessionstore.js).

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

BradyBunchFan
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Thank you. Firefox just crashed a minute ago, so this will be very useful to me.

BradyBunchFan
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I just lost all of my open tabs a few months minutes ago. And there is no way I can get them back at all.

BradyBunchFan
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Is there a way that I can get them back somehow?

BradyBunchFan
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BradyBunchFan said

I just lost all of my open tabs a few months minutes ago. And there is no way I can get them back at all.

Whoops. I meant a few minutes ago.