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Firefox not properly closed - Tabs are lost

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Usually when closing Firefox (have the latest version), the task manager still shows it in the background running. Also when I restart it, tabs are lost. I tried to replace the sessionstore.js with the backup but it still doesn't recover my tabs for some reason. I now have a sessionstore.js and also a .json file. If you can tell me how I can restore the tabs automatically instead manually searching every link, it will save me lots of hours.

Usually when closing Firefox (have the latest version), the task manager still shows it in the background running. Also when I restart it, tabs are lost. I tried to replace the sessionstore.js with the backup but it still doesn't recover my tabs for some reason. I now have a sessionstore.js and also a .json file. If you can tell me how I can restore the tabs automatically instead manually searching every link, it will save me lots of hours.

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Use "Firefox/File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit") to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the title bar.

See "Hang at exit":

See "Firefox hangs when you quit it":