After a Windows automatic update and shutdown, Firefox did not remember my open tabs at startup. Does Better Privacy interfere with Crash Recovery in any way?
Does Better Privacy interfere with Crash Recovery in any way? My computer automatically installed a Windows Update at 3 AM and shut down. When I booted up, I had to restart Firefox. Firefox came up without any of the tabs that were open when the PC went to sleep the night before. I spent an hour trying to find where my tabs went, without success.
This happened
Just once or twice
== Windows Automatic Update shut down my computer in the middle of the night.
Réiteach roghnaithe
Hi.
It possible that it was the way windows forcibly closed your firefox that made it forget... Have you tried crashing your Firefox to see if the session is not restored?
To crash your Firefox, simply have it open, press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and then, under the Processes tab in the window that appears, terminate the firefox.exe process. That will force Firefox to shut down in that instant. Then start it again. If it works ok, then it may have been an isolate case. My recommendation is that you configure your windows not to install updates without your input. Select something like "ask me what to do" or something like that.
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Réiteach Roghnaithe
Hi.
It possible that it was the way windows forcibly closed your firefox that made it forget... Have you tried crashing your Firefox to see if the session is not restored?
To crash your Firefox, simply have it open, press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and then, under the Processes tab in the window that appears, terminate the firefox.exe process. That will force Firefox to shut down in that instant. Then start it again. If it works ok, then it may have been an isolate case. My recommendation is that you configure your windows not to install updates without your input. Select something like "ask me what to do" or something like that.
Session restore works more reliable if you choose Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
Yes. When I deliberately crash Firefox as you suggested, the tabs are restored when I reopen Firefox. I must reconfigure Windows Vista not to install updates while I am asleep. Thanks
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore#Troubleshooting
It says that if new session has started after a crash or closing FF (damned windows update), you can force Session Restore by writing "about:sessionrestore" in the addres bar. Also there is this file sessionstore.js and its backup sessionstore.bak, where your last session is stored and can be restored.... read the link for more info.
Also turn off automatic windows update press Start -> write "update" -> and there is something like "Turn on/off windows automatic update". Then you can set something like "Search for updates, but do not downoad nor install, without my permission, cause I am the Master here!"
Sorry for my BAD translation, I don't have english windows. :)
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