Can I open Firefox without previous tabs and windows without disabling "Show my windows and tabs from last time"?
I am looking for a way to open Firefox without any of my previous tabs without disabling the option. If I don't use my PC for a week or longer, it will attempt to load all my previous tabs, which will mostly be of pages that have expired. Is there any way to do this?
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You can start Firefox up to a blank page using the Run dialog. Type or paste the following and press Enter:
firefox.exe "about:blank"
If you think you might need to do this regularly, you could create a second Firefox shortcut, right-click>Properties>Shortcut, and edit its Target line by adding "about:blank" at the end.
jscher2000 said
You can start Firefox up to a blank page using the Run dialog. Type or paste the following and press Enter: firefox.exe "about:blank" If you think you might need to do this regularly, you could create a second Firefox shortcut, right-click>Properties>Shortcut, and edit its Target line by adding "about:blank" at the end.
Hello,
Unfortunately, this only adds an additional blank tab on top of the tabs from previous session. Do you have any other suggestions?
Hmm, that used to "work" (I think it was a bug actually).
Perhaps adding -silent will help?
firefox.exe -silent -url "about:blank"
I don't have any other ideas.
You could consider to use a CMD file to start Firefox and delete the sessionstore.js file in the Firefox profile folder.
del <path_to_profile>\sessionstore.js start "" "<path_to_firefox>\firefox.exe"
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)
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox