Firefox is constantly opening to whatever site I last had open. I don't want this, and didn't enable "open to last session".
Worse, the button on the settings menu for "Restore Previous Session" is grayed out. How did this happen? I certainly didn't do it.
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There are two things for you to check.
1) Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar.
There are two settings;
- When Firefox Starts
When the browser is started, what do you want to display? Many of us choose Show My Home Page.
- Home Page
When a new page is opened, what do you want to be displayed?
- Use Current Page. Use what ever page(s) are open at that time.
- Use Bookmark
- Restore To Default. about:home shows a Mozilla home page with tools.
You can use any of these that you wish;
about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),
or you can enter any webpage or about: page you want.
2) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/changes-toolbars-and-window-sizes-are-not-saved You may have corrupt xulstore.json or Localstore.rdf files.
Close Firefox. Open your file browser to this hidden location:
- Mac: *~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
- Linux: *~/.mozilla/firefox/Profiles
- Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
- *C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data
\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
Search for the above files. Then rename or delete them. Restart Firefox.
Your System Details shows;
Installed Plug-ins
McAfee® WebAdvisor 6.0.0.136 ({4ED1F68A-5463-4931-9384-8FFF5ED91D92}) Norton Safe Web 3.0.1.13 (nortonsafeweb@symantec.com)
These may be fighting each other.