Always restore sessions in Firefox 2.0
As some of you may know, the concept of session restore has been introduced in Firefox 2.0.
For those who don't, Session restore is the ability of the browser (or any other software) to recreate or redisplay the data lost from the previous session.
Firefox 2.0 allows the user to restore sessions after a system crash. This session restore functionality can be altered by the user to allow Firefox to open pages from the previous session everytime it is opened.
The steps involved to make it work are really quite simple.
1. Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter.
2. Now, right-click in the browser window and select New >> Boolean.
3. A box will appear. In this box, type browser.sessionstore.resume_session and click Ok.
4. Now set the value as True and click Ok.
5. Go to Tools >> Options.
6. Under Startup, select When Firefox starts, and set Show my windows and tabs from last time and click Ok.
That's it and you are done.
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For those who don't, Session restore is the ability of the browser (or any other software) to recreate or redisplay the data lost from the previous session.
Firefox 2.0 allows the user to restore sessions after a system crash. This session restore functionality can be altered by the user to allow Firefox to open pages from the previous session everytime it is opened.
The steps involved to make it work are really quite simple.
1. Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter.
2. Now, right-click in the browser window and select New >> Boolean.
3. A box will appear. In this box, type browser.sessionstore.resume_session and click Ok.
4. Now set the value as True and click Ok.
5. Go to Tools >> Options.
6. Under Startup, select When Firefox starts, and set Show my windows and tabs from last time and click Ok.
That's it and you are done.
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15 Comments:
Comment by 
Anonymous on November 18, 2006 1:37 PM
Anonymous on November 18, 2006 1:37 PM
Exactly what I needed. Thank you.
But I want it to never restore! I always shut my computer off by just hitting the power button and let everything shut down by itself. Therefor I have to click new session every time I restart Firefox.
How do you make it so it never asks to restore at startup?
How do you make it so it never asks to restore at startup?
To disable session restore.
1.Go to Tools >> Options.
2.Click the Main tab in the Options window.
3.Under Startup, select When Firefox starts, and select "Show a blank page". Click Ok.
4. You can also reverse the steps that was explained in the post.
i.e delete the browser.sesstionrestore.restore_session key of set its value to false.
1.Go to Tools >> Options.
2.Click the Main tab in the Options window.
3.Under Startup, select When Firefox starts, and select "Show a blank page". Click Ok.
4. You can also reverse the steps that was explained in the post.
i.e delete the browser.sesstionrestore.restore_session key of set its value to false.
thank you so much
ok, and how do you do to AUTOMATICALLY restore your last session.. without firefox asking me if i want to or not..
Luis- Thanks a lot for visiting...
I guess you mean automatically restore a session without prompting the user..
I haven't quite figured that out..
I guess you mean automatically restore a session without prompting the user..
I haven't quite figured that out..
still looking for a solution of what luis wants too..
automatically restore a session without prompting the user..
automatically restore a session without prompting the user..
I too am still looking for a solution of what luis wants too..
automatically restore a session without prompting the user..
automatically restore a session without prompting the user..
do you know how to turn off "Restore previous session" dialog when I always want to restore my last session?
how to disable dialog: http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/improper-shutdown-bug/
How to disable dialog: Via about:config add a NEW String pref called: browser.sessionstore.restore_prompt_uri and set it to javascript:window.close();
hey i have a mac and i cant find the option tool-option so i could turn on he option of start up can you tell me where it is?
thanks
thanks
@teff- I think Firefox for Mac has a different way to navigate to the 'Options' box. I don't have a mac.
Just look around in the top menu; you will get the answer.
Just look around in the top menu; you will get the answer.
How do you update the restore point (manually)? Sometimes the power goes and when I hit the restore session button I get an older session. (Some tabs that are a few hours/days old that I had closed and some of the newer/resent tabs are missing.)
Perfect instructions. Exactly what I needed too.
