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Hi guys! What is causing my firefox to open up more firefox browsers when I start firefox?

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Hi guys! What is causing my Firefox to open up more Firefox browsers when I start Firefox? When I start up Firefox, 1 out of 3 times it will open up a ton of browsers. Sometimes it opens up enough to where it opens up about 40 browsers. I do not know why this happens. I have done step by step instructions on uninstalling my Firefox, and making sure everything is cleaned out except for my custom settings and addons. God Bless.

Hi guys! What is causing my Firefox to open up more Firefox browsers when I start Firefox? When I start up Firefox, 1 out of 3 times it will open up a ton of browsers. Sometimes it opens up enough to where it opens up about 40 browsers. I do not know why this happens. I have done step by step instructions on uninstalling my Firefox, and making sure everything is cleaned out except for my custom settings and addons. God Bless.

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This can be a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Profile Folder

Delete sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Profile Folder

If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.

You will have to redo App Tabs and Tab Groups after deleting sessionstore.js.

See:

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Thank You so much for a reply. I will try this out and see if it causes any further problems. Thank You so much.

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Well I tried looking for the Profile folder and do not have one. I guess I will have to try a clean reinstall and see if that fixes it. This will be the second time I do a clean install.

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The profile folder is in a hidden location (%AppData%), so make sure that you can access hidden folders.

You can use:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder