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RECENTLY UPGRADED FF 25.0 FAILING TO RESTORE TABS ON REBOOT

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The issue is recurring now following upgrading to 25.0 after successive upgrades mysteriously eliminated it. Here is my original thread: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/952992?page=2

This time - a little different issue.

Settings: GENERAL TAB: https://app.box.com/s/s0h70i7gpvhwfz7ovokr

PRIVACY TAB: https://app.box.com/s/jzim13gur4x5xtt8ew7i

Issue: Upon REBOOT - FF opens to HOME PAGE despite the above settings. Upon REFRESH - FF opens to previously open tabs.

The issue is recurring now following upgrading to 25.0 after successive upgrades mysteriously eliminated it. Here is my original thread: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/952992?page=2 This time - a little different issue. Settings: GENERAL TAB: https://app.box.com/s/s0h70i7gpvhwfz7ovokr PRIVACY TAB: https://app.box.com/s/jzim13gur4x5xtt8ew7i Issue: Upon REBOOT - FF opens to HOME PAGE despite the above settings. Upon REFRESH - FF opens to previously open tabs.

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Are you using "Clear history when Firefox closes"?

To see all History and Cookie settings, choose:

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"

In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":

  • do not clear the Browsing History

Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.

Clearing cookies will remove all specified (selected) cookies including cookies with an allow exception that you want to keep.

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As was in my link above showing Privacy tab setting, I have "Remember history" checked.

To answer your question, "Clear history when Firefox closes" is left UNCHECKED.

Now what?

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What do you mean with "Upon REFRESH"?

How are you refreshing?

Is "History > Restore Previous Session" enabled?

Does this only happen after a reboot or also after a normal close and restart?

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When I said "upon refresh", I meant normal exiting (clicking the "X" or "Exit") and restarting or using a program I installed called Restartless Restart and clicking that. Like I said, all tabs come back up.

When either I reboot or shut down the FF program using Task Manager, only the home page comes up.

Again, this started after upgrading to 25.0.

Where is "History > Restore Previous Session"? I don't see that anywhere.

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You may have cleanup or security software that removes the sessionstore.js file if this only happens after a reboot and not after closing and restarting Firefox.

Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have?

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I use AVG. If this were the case wouldn't prior version upgrades have been equally affected?

Anyway, what to do now?

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This issue remains unresolved. So how am I supposed to know whether AVG removes the sessionstore.js file ???

Where is "History > Restore Previous Session"? I don't see that anywhere.

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Because it appears this thread has been abandoned, I had tried to start a nee thread but it was closed and I was told to return to this thread.

Would someone please help me resolve this issue???