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This was a big change in 4.0 that gets lots of complaints about not working and the help being no good, this may very well be that help that is no good because there is nothing shown at all in settings and that is where the answer for most people would be.

If you have stopped receiving a "''Do you want Firefox to save your tabs for the next time it starts''" prompt when you {for win}exit{/for}{for mac,linux}quit{/for} Firefox, this problem could be due to settings, extension problems, or corrupted files causing failure of Firefox components. __TOC__ = Settings may be set incorrectly = If your Firefox settings are configured differently, the prompt will not occur. {for fx4} A change was made with Firefox 4 from being asked at the end of a session if you wanted to save your tabs, to your ability to pick up the previous session from the default home page (about:home) and from the History menu ("Restore Previous Session"). If you prefer the old way of also being asked at the the end of a session, you can still change your options as follows: {/for} {for fx3} # [[T:optionspreferences]] # Select the {menu Main} panel, and set '''When Firefox starts''' to '''Show my home page'''. # Switch to the {menu Tabs} panel, and check mark '''Warn me when closing multiple tabs'''. # Switch to the {menu Privacy} panel, and uncheck '''Always clear my private data when I close Firefox'''. # [[T:closeOptionsPreferences]] {/for} {for fx35, fx4} # [[T:optionspreferences]] # Select the {menu General} panel ({menu Main} panel in Firefox 3.5), and set '''When Firefox starts''' to '''Show my home page'''. # Switch to the {menu Tabs} panel, and check mark '''Warn me when closing multiple tabs'''. # Switch to the {menu Privacy} panel, and make sure '''Firefox will:''' is set to either '''Remember History''' or '''Use custom settings for history'''. ** If '''Firefox will:''' is set to '''Use custom settings for history''', uncheck '''Clear my history when Firefox closes'''. # [[T:closeOptionsPreferences]] {/for} {for fx4} You can double check your '''about:config''' preferences in Firefox 4.0 for the following, if you want to see the message at the end of the session: * browser.showQuitWarning user set boolean true * browser.tabs.warnOnClose default boolean true * browser.warnOnQuit default boolean true * browser.warnOnRestart user set boolean true {/for} = Extensions are interfering = Some extensions (e.g. Tab Mix Plus) are known to cause this problem. To find out if it is an extension, read [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]. = Corrupted files = Firefox stores your user information in a separate folder on your computer. One or more files within that folder may be corrupt. # [[T:profileFolder]] # [[T:closeFirefox]] ** Make sure Firefox is not running at this point. # Within your profile folder, rename these files: ** Rename {filepath formhistory.sqlite} to {filepath formhistory.sqlite.bak}. ** Rename {filepath sessionstore.js} to {filepath sessionstore.js.bak}. ;:{note}'''Note: Should you need to restore the old versions of these files, simply remove the .bak from the end of each file and delete the new versions that replaced these backups.'''{/note}