How do I disable automatically closing old tabs?
Firefox seems to have adopted a feature some time in the last year or so that I can't find documented anywhere, where closing one old tab will pop up a dialog in the lower right saying that if I don't click the dialog, other old tabs will be closed. I frequently lose tabs that I was still interested in reading to this feature. How can I disable it?
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Try starting Firefox in it's Safe Mode to see if the problem persists.
Safe Mode will temporarily disable your extensions and themes, turn off hardware acceleration and reset toolbar and button customizations. When you leave Safe Mode and start Firefox up normally, your extensions, themes, and settings will return to the state they were in before you entered Safe Mode.
With Firefox open: select Menu select Help select Restart With Add-ons Disabled on the dialog select Restart on the next dialog select Start In Safe Mode (Do Not select Refresh)
With Firefox closed: press and hold the Shift (in Mac: Option) key launch Firefox on the dialog select Start In Safe Mode (Do Not select Refresh)
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To quit Safe Mode: select Menu select Help select Restart With Add-ons Enabled
Or, Exit Firefox.