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Browsing Backup Session Restore

There are special situations where a browsing session may be lost. This article will how to recover your lost session. Here's a primer on recovering from that.

__TOC__ =Check about:sessionsrestore= if a session is lost, hopefully the resotre pages open automatically, but if not go to '''about:sessionrestore''' in the location bar. If this pages is empty, continue reading. Your page should look like this : [[Image:session1]] =Restoring from a backup file= 1) Go to '''about:support''' in your location and bar and click on the {button Open Folder} or {button Show in Finder} (for Mac) button in the Profile Folder line. A filesystem view of your profile folder will show up. [[Image:session2]] 2) In the {menu nhtg6jgg.default-release} folder and if you scroll down a bit you should see the {menu sessionstore-backups} folder. 3) Make a copy of the {menu sessionstore-backups} folder. 4) Shut down Firefox. Generally you want to avoid filesystem operations (move, copy, delete) in this folder while Firefox is running. The copy of the unaccessed backups folder was necessary and should be safe. 5) Move the file called {menu sessionstore-backups.jsonlz4} to another location (like your deskptop). Moving rather than deleting is a precautionary step. {note}'''Note:''' This file does not exist while Firefox is running.{/note} 6) Navigate to the {menu sessionstore-backups} backup folder you made. 7) Review the files in this folder by date modified (you can ingnore their names, any files at all in this folder should be restorable). If the most recently modified is particulary small in size compared to others, it may be mostlly blank and you'll want to use the bigger one. 8) Copy your chosen file into the main profile folder. 9) Rename the file to {menu sessionstore.jsonlz4} 10) Start up Firefox =Conclusion= If you feel that you are more prone to losing your session - sessions with lots of tabs may fall into this category - or would just like insurance, the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-manager/ Tabs Session Manager] helps keep sessions safe. {warning}'''Warning:''' You may need to ensure that your file system viewer is [https://www.howtohaven.com/system/show-file-extensions-in-windows-explorer.shtml not hiding].{/warning}