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Can you offer "start a new window" the first time it crashes, rather than the second attempt. Too many problem programs get automatically reloaded.

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leolamoine
leolamoine

When firefox crashes, you automatically reload what was there, which usually turns out to be an unwanted setup. Can you offer the 'start a new window' the first time, rather than on a second attempt at trying to avoid what was already a problem

When firefox crashes, you automatically reload what was there, which usually turns out to be an unwanted setup. Can you offer the 'start a new window' the first time, rather than on a second attempt at trying to avoid what was already a problem

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cor-el
cor-el
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Set the pref browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes to 0 on the about:config page to get the about:sessionrestore page immediately with the first restart after a crash has occurred or the Task Manager was used to close Firefox.

That will allow you to deselect the tab(s) that you do not want to reopen, but will allow to reopen other tabs.

See:

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.
You can use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a pref more easily.