Why doesn't FF5 start with previous tabs & pinned tabs, & no Save or Quit at shudown.
First up, the Feedback form wouldn't submit, so my gripes are included here. Perhaps more word allowance is needed for complex issues? Or the form simply has a glitch in it.
Using FF5. At shutdown last night FF did not ask if I wanted to save the pages I had open. In internet options (from 3.6 installation till now I have check-marked that FF open with tabs & windows from last time (session). Day before yesterday it loaded the previous session tabs just fine, but this morning it loads w/o the 4 or so tabs & 3 pinn'd tabs at quitting time, only iGoogle (the designated homepage) which wasn't open at shutdown time. In fact, I think it hasn't asked if I want to quit or save consistently since upgrading to FF5 a few days ago.
Bottom line IF by default I request FF to open with tabs & windows from last time, why at shutdown is it asking if I want save and quit. As I see it, open pages ARE tabs and should be automatically reloaded at start time. ANDDDD that should include the pinned tabs. Otherwise, the pages may as well be bookmarked.
Oh, one more problem: I created two toolbars but where are they? They don't appear nor are they acknowledged on the toolbar menu.
Thank you for any comments and advice.
BTW, love the Pinned Tabs but miss my Google Bookmark toolbar, however, I got around it by pinning the bookmark page. Now, if you could just get those pin-tabs to reload consistently. Wink, wink . . .
All Replies (8)
1) Firefox5.0 has a built-in option to Restore Previous Session. go to History Menu -> at the bottom you will see RESTORE PREVIOUS SESSION option.
2) If you want Firefox to startup with tabs & windows from opened last time.
go Tools Menu -> Options -> General -> Startup section -> select When Firefox start: Show my Windows and Tabs from Last Time -> Click OK.
3) go to View Menu -> Toolbar -> Customize -> see if your toolbars appear here. If not then they were probably incompatible with Firefox 5.0
Check and see if things workout fine.
Thanks, MHA, but as my comments above state I already have that option (# 1) checkmarked. I looked this morning to make sure and YEP it's still checked.
(#3) The toolbars I'm referring to is a right-click FF feature not a third party source or add-on like Google Toolbar which is not compatible with FF5.
Oh, I see...The Restore Session! (#2) NOPE it's unavailable....muted out. Okay, I'll check the help thingy and see if there's info about why that option is muted. I'll post back what I found out. HUGS.
Modified by Penny_Manning
Restore Previous Session feature is only available when you have closed all Firefox tabs and windows & then restart Firefox.
Check if your Toolbars are Disabled. go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Extensions section
Ohhhhh.....Got it! That explains a lot.
I just came from Knowledge Base, but it did not explain anything about the Restore option on the history menu as you kindly suggested (an option I don't remember appearing in FF 3.6 ) . This is what I read at KB:
Always restore sessions on start By default this feature is off, but can be turned on from the Options/Preferences menu. In the Main panel, under Startup, set "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time". This will have Firefox restore your tabs and form data to their state when Firefox closed (the related preference is browser.startup.page).
If you want Firefox to restore multiple windows you need to close Firefox via "File -> Exit" ("File -> Quit" on Linux, "Firefox -> Quit Firefox" on Mac OS). Closing the windows one at a time will cause Firefox to only restore the last window that was closed.
Well, MHA007, you're the coolest, and thank you so much for the assist. However, FF still needs to determine why the tabs/pin-tabs failed to restore even though Windows shut down normally and the Start with last tabs....blah blah blah was checked off as it had been for ages.
Modified by Penny_Manning
Glad to be of assistance.
No problem
Modified by Hasan
I believe I figure it out.
1. Go to 'View' on your menu, then 'Toolbars,' then 'Customize' and scroll down to the button 'Tab Groups' and add that one to your toolbar.
2. Bring-up all the tabs you would like to be added, after you have done that, click on the 'Tab Groups' button and you will get all the tabs together on a separate window, then just name your tabs on the- almost faded- field at the top. (I named mine WORK TABS.
Immediately after this, you will get a message at the bottom that says, "Firefox will remember your tabs next time..." (Something along those lines)
I haven't logged off to test it, but according to the message I got it should remember them the next time I bring Firefox up. (I sure hope it works) :)
YES!!! It worked. I told you so! >:]