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Since I upgraded to Firefox 8.0, why do my App Tabs keep disappearing everytime I reopen my browser?

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Ever since I upgraded to Firefox 8.0, my App Tabs disappear everytime I close my browser. What is causing this? I'm getting sick of reloading them every single time I open this browser! My question to you, is what do I do to keep the App Tabs on my browser?

Ever since I upgraded to Firefox 8.0, my App Tabs disappear everytime I close my browser. What is causing this? I'm getting sick of reloading them every single time I open this browser! My question to you, is what do I do to keep the App Tabs on my browser?

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cor-el
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App (pinned) tabs and Tab Groups (Panorama) are stored as part of the session data [1] in the file sessionstore.js [2] in the Firefox profile folder [3].

Make sure that you do not use "Clear Recent History" to clear the "Browsing History" when Firefox is closed because that prevails and prevents Firefox from opening tabs from the previous session.

It is also possible to use the "Show my windows and tabs from last time" setting, that is usually a more reliable way to restore session data.

If you use cleanup software like CCleaner then make sure that Session is unchecked in the settings for the Firefox application.