Firefox crashed before I could load my previous session - how may I restore it? I have backed up relevant session files, but have no idea how to use them.
I was using Firefox shortly before deciding to restore my previous session (100+ tabs!), but the browser froze and went blank with the "Not Responding" label on top. This happened to me before, and I decided to just quit the session. I knew that I would lose the session I wanted, but I backed up the important session files found in the Mozilla directory (or at least whatever has "session" and "restore" in its name) while the browser was stuck (before quitting).
What I'd like to understand is HOW TO USE these files to get my session back. I've tried replacing the session files with the back-up copies to no avail. Once long ago I managed to recover a session successfully, but with Firefox constantly changing, I may have lost touch with this.
I use Firefox 34 and Windows 8.1, but I'll need others' help in identifying the session backup/restore files I need to use from the ones I backed up.
I believe that the "recovery.bak" is vital, because it contains the tab/page names I was viewing.
I would greatly appreciate whoever would help me in this, especially if they can teach me the proper methods to follow if this ever happens again (which most likely will!)
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Hello,
I had a quick look around the Firefox support article area and found an article I believe your will be interested in!
Cheers,
Snowydogs
Thanks, but the article doesn't tell me anything I don't already know.
It's helpful otherwise, but I want to learn how to fiddle with the Mozilla directory in my hard drive - learning how to use the backup session files. I'm sure that "recovery.bak" is the file I need to apply, though I don't know how.
You can look at this post in this MozillaZine forum thread about inspecting a sessionstore file and possibly extract URLs.
You can open the Browser Console (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer). Paste the JavaScript code in the command line and press the Enter key to run the code.
- Toggle the devtools.chrome.enabled pref on the about:config page to true to enable the command line
- https://developer.mozilla.org/Tools/Browser_Console#Browser_Console_command_line
I'll try this, it will at least provide a list of links.
What matters is the possibility of restoring an old session, and not just the one I lost. I've got to know how to use the directory (App Data > Roaming > Mozilla > Firefox > Profiles > etc.) so I can solve such problems in the future (or until the whole schematic is changed).
I never felt as much trouble having to keep Firefox stable before, and I really do not want to switch to another browser.