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I just did the update on Dec 19 2021, restarted and lost all my tabs, close to 800 in total

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I had close to 800 tabs, open, I was forced to restart for an update, and now it won't let me restore the tabs. Please help. I need to desperately restore them!!!

I had close to 800 tabs, open, I was forced to restart for an update, and now it won't let me restore the tabs. Please help. I need to desperately restore them!!!

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What about the rest of your profile? Settings, bookmarks, history, passwords . . . .

Sometimes when the browser thinks there is a problem with the profile, it will create a new one.


Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox? Look inside. Look for the folder with the latest creation date.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update

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No, this didn't help me get the tabs I had open. I never had this problem with Firefox until the last update. I hate to say this, but you ruined weeks of work, I will never use this browser again, and I'm back to Chrome. Chrome failed me like Mozilla Firefox. at least it's dependable.