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How to disable auto-resume session?

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Oahspe
Oahspe
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I don't mean to disable "Restore Session," like in the event my browser crashes then I'm asked if I want to restore my previous session and so forth, but when I exit the firefox browser then start it again later, I should see my homepage.

What things must I have disabled, enabled, true, false, etc to make that happen?

Again: Without disabling the "Restore Session" in the event of crash.

I don't mean to disable "Restore Session," like in the event my browser crashes then I'm asked if I want to restore my previous session and so forth, but when I exit the firefox browser then start it again later, I should see my homepage. What things must I have disabled, enabled, true, false, etc to make that happen? Again: Without disabling the "Restore Session" in the event of crash.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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The first setting to double-check is your startup selection in Options, to make sure it is set to home page:

The second thing to check is whether your settings folder (profile folder) might contain a user.js file. This file will be read by Firefox at startup and will override the settings you saved during your previous session. In some cases, users have discovered that they have a user.js file which says, just this once, restore the previous session. But since it is read every time Firefox starts up, of course, you never get your home page. This article describes how to track that down and, if appropriate, delete it:

Any luck?

Oahspe
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I tried the second one, fixed the problem mentioned, though kinda trashed all my add-ons, but no biggie, was easy to fix as well, worth it, thank you !!!