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Why won't Firefox save my tabs?

goodcatholicboy
goodcatholicboy
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When I go to 'tools' and click, 'start private browsing session', when I close the browser, the tabs are never saved. When I go to 'tools' and click 'stop private session' when I close the browser, the tabs are never saved. The browser will never save my tabs. After I close the browser, when I open it again, I see only the Firefox page. Please help me. Thank you.

When I go to 'tools' and click, 'start private browsing session', when I close the browser, the tabs are never saved. When I go to 'tools' and click 'stop private session' when I close the browser, the tabs are never saved. The browser will never save my tabs. After I close the browser, when I open it again, I see only the Firefox page. Please help me. Thank you.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Private Browsing doesn't save browser history, so there isn't any history to save when you close Firefox and then there's no Tab history to restore.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Private%20Browsing#w_what-does-private-browsing-not-save