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why do my app tabs dissapear when i close firefox each night? I have reset preferences so the tabs are there but they are large tabs not app tabs. thank you!

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as instructed, i also exit firefox using the drop-down menu and the cute little app tabs still disappear.

as instructed, i also exit firefox using the drop-down menu and the cute little app tabs still disappear.

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Perform the suggestions mentioned in sections Configuring Session Restore and Troubleshooting in the following article:

Check and tell if its working.

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Make sure that you do not use Clear History to clear the Browsing History when you close Firefox.

  • Firefox > Preferences > Privacy: History: [X] Clear history when Firefox closes > Settings
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Thanks Cor-el - unfortunately that did not solve my problem as Clear History was not checked. I cannot even get the drop down menu to open using control>click so I can click "Pin as app tab" unless my Firefox support page is open to the features section. Thx again.

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-> Check if you are running Firefox in Full Screen mode

-> If your Navigation Toolbar is missing, see these articles:

For your App Tabs problem, did you perform the suggestions mentioned in my previous reply ???

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i did everything that everyone suggested and it is working today. Not sure what solved the issue.