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Why does session restore not work ?

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firefox restarts with a sessionrestore in tap but page blank,in history there is no restore last session available

firefox restarts with a sessionrestore in tap but page blank,in history there is no restore last session available

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You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox profile folder that store session data.

Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost and you will have to recreate them (make a note or bookmark them if possible).


Note that your System Details list shows that you have preferences that were used in previous Firefox versions and that are no longer supported in the current Firefox release.

You can cleanup the prefs to have a fresh start and delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename (or delete) the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in the current Firefox release.

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I can not understand what to do. This is after a crash.

Modified by tfinniii

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What am I supposed to see in my files as the explanation is a little vague.

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You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)

You can check if you find the sessionstore.js file and (re)move this file and possible other numbered sessionstore-##.js files.

Note that Windows hides some file extensions by default. Among them are .html and .ini and .js and .txt, so you may only see the sessionstore file name without file extension. You can see the real file type (file extension) in the properties of the file via the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer.

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Will delete and see what happens ,whoops I deleted before I could check for hidden files.