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before restoring my history accidently close it

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Farukh322
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Hello!

I had closed 3 windows yesterday with more than 100 tabs using for last 3 months

today i started firfox and before restoring my history accidently close it (history tab shouldnot under the x sign or need to confirm before closing it)


now i cannot restore my history,

can you please help me in this matter

Thanks

Hello! I had closed 3 windows yesterday with more than 100 tabs using for last 3 months today i started firfox and before restoring my history accidently close it (history tab shouldnot under the x sign or need to confirm before closing it) now i cannot restore my history, can you please help me in this matter Thanks

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FredMcD
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Unless you have a backup somewhere . . . . . . . . .

These can't get your data back, but will help in the future.

These add-ons can be a great help by backing up and restoring Firefox

FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) {web link} FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions, history, passwords, and more. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild your saved files individually into installable .xpi files. It will also make backups of files that you choose.

OPIE {web link} Import/Export extension preferences

cor-el
cor-el
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You would need a backup of the sessionstore.js file.

You can try if there is still an older copy or previous.js.

Firefox uses sessionstore.js in the profile folder to store session data. Sessionstore.js is only present when Firefox is closed. The sessionstore.js file is created from recovery.js when you close Firefox and is removed and copied to previous.js when you start Firefox to make is possible to restore the session at any time.

Backup the session files in the sessionstore-backups folder in the Firefox Profile Folder to make sure not to lose possible important session data. Do NOT close Firefox when Firefox is already running.

You will normally find these files in the sessionstore-backups folder: 

previous.js (cleanBackup: copy of sessionstore.js from previous session that was loaded successfully)
recovery.js (latest version of the sessionstore written during runtime)
recovery.bak (previous version of the sessionstore written during runtime)
upgrade.js-<build_id> (backup created during an upgrade of Firefox)

You can copy a file from the sessionstore-backups folder to the main profile and rename the file to sessionstore.js to replace the current file (make a backup copy of the current sessionstore.js).

See also:

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

You can check in Windows/File Explorer if there is a previous version of the sessionstore.js file available.