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Arkivert

I want firefox to open WITHOUT opening every tab I had open in the previous session. How do I do this?

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cathyvb

Recently I have been barraged with "you have won contest....." where it will not let me close the pop ups. I use task manager to close the pop ups. Then when I try to re-start firefox it re-opens all of the pop ups. How do I turn this re-open all tabs feature off?

Recently I have been barraged with "you have won contest....." where it will not let me close the pop ups. I use task manager to close the pop ups. Then when I try to re-start firefox it re-opens all of the pop ups. How do I turn this re-open all tabs feature off?

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Use one of these:

  • Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my home page" "Show a blank page"

Be sure that Firefox gets closed properly to prevent session restore from restoring the last session automatically.

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore