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sessionstore.js ignored by FF 26 (fix for Bug 668359 not applicable)

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Mme.Curieuse
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duplicate of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/982339 - locking


My computer (running Windows 7) spontaneously rebooted and when I restarted Firefox 26, it opened my home page instead of a Session Restore window.

I have repeatedly copied a recent sessionstore.bak file (3114 KB (I had many tabs open)) and renamed it sessionstore.js--a process that has worked many, many times when Firefox crashed and failed to restore my previous tabs--but this time Firefox repeatedly fails to recognize the new sessionstore.js and keeps opening my home page.

I also tried editing the sessionstore.js file as suggested in Bug 668359, but my file already begins with the correct text: 

    {"windows":[{"tabs":[{"entries":[{"url":"https://

    instead of

    {"windows":[],"selectedWindow":0,"_closedWindows":[{"tabs":[{"entries":[{"url":"https://

I also tried to pasting the contents of my large sessionstore.bak file into an Emergency Firefox Session Restore app (http://firefox-session-restore.herokuapp.com/#) suggested in response to a similar question, but this only showed my home page and the current tabs--nothing at all from the sessionrestore.bak file.

Nothing seems to work to make the information in my sessionstore.bak file recognizable, so that I am able to reopen my many tabs. {Please excuse me if this is a duplicate copy of my question--an earlier attempt appeared not to have been posted.}

''duplicate of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/982339 - locking'' My computer (running Windows 7) spontaneously rebooted and when I restarted Firefox 26, it opened my home page instead of a Session Restore window. I have repeatedly copied a recent sessionstore.bak file (3114 KB (I had many tabs open)) and renamed it sessionstore.js--a process that has worked many, many times when Firefox crashed and failed to restore my previous tabs--but this time Firefox repeatedly fails to recognize the new sessionstore.js and keeps opening my home page. I also tried editing the sessionstore.js file as suggested in Bug 668359, but my file already begins with the correct text: {"windows":[{"tabs":[{"entries":[{"url":"https:// instead of {"windows":[],"selectedWindow":0,"_closedWindows":[{"tabs":[{"entries":[{"url":"https:// I also tried to pasting the contents of my large sessionstore.bak file into an Emergency Firefox Session Restore app (http://firefox-session-restore.herokuapp.com/#) suggested in response to a similar question, but this only showed my home page and the current tabs--nothing at all from the sessionrestore.bak file. Nothing seems to work to make the information in my sessionstore.bak file recognizable, so that I am able to reopen my many tabs. {Please excuse me if this is a duplicate copy of my question--an earlier attempt appeared not to have been posted.}

Modified by the-edmeister