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I have set 'restore previous session' but it won't

dewitt.kathleen
dewitt.kathleen

I have followed the instructions to set 'restore previous session' (for the question 'when Firefox starts' I have chosen 'show my windows and tabs from last time'). But when I reopen Firefox and hit History, 'restore previous session' is not active. How do I activate this? (I am on Windows 8.)

I have followed the instructions to set 'restore previous session' (for the question 'when Firefox starts' I have chosen 'show my windows and tabs from last time'). But when I reopen Firefox and hit History, 'restore previous session' is not active. How do I activate this? (I am on Windows 8.)

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister

Are you clearing any history automatically as Firefox closes?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox#w_how-do-i-make-firefox-clear-my-history-automatically

dewitt.kathleen
dewitt.kathleen Question owner

Not as far as I can tell, everything seems to be there.