When I close firefox with ctrl-alt-delete, I want to start over on Firefox, I usually do this when too many tabs and windows are open. However, Firefox always restores the tabs and windows I previously had. How can I stop that from happening?
This happens when FireFox is not responding, and I want to close firefox with ctrl-alt-delete. Too many tabs can make Firefox crash. That is why I want to use ctrl-alt-delete to close FireFox. I tried finding a way to disable this, but I found no option to.
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Ending the Firefox program or process with the Windows Task Manager "looks like" a crash. The proper way to exit Firefox is click Firefox button > Exit (or File > Exit, if using the Menu Bar).
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Not related to your question, but...
You need to update some plug-ins:
- Plug-in check: https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: Installing (or Updating) the Shockwave plugin with Firefox
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox
- Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): Updating Flash in Firefox
- Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: Installing or Updating Java in Firefox
I close Firefox from the task manager when FireFox is "not responding", when that happens I can't access the menu. I will admit it might be a problem with my computer.
But even so, I don't see the purpose of wanting to restore all my tabs. And I will tell you why. I can easily go back to the pages I was on just by typing the URL, and since FireFox remembers the URLs, I don't even have to remember them, so there is no point in FireFox restoring my tabs as it's only a mess.
That is the Session Restore function in Firefox working as it was designed.
- See https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Session%20Restore
- See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
- Disable Session Restore (I would not do this on my system, but, if you wish): http://www.doyourself.org/firefox/854-disable-session-restore-in-firefox-browser-session-restore-configuration/
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