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• When I close firefox it tells me that I am closing multiple tabs. and will not let me save them. the only option is to cancel or OK.

  This has just begun. When I close firefox it tells me that I am closing multiple tabs. and will not let me save them. the only option is to cancel or OK. When I say OK and restart Firefox all my tabs go :-( This happens every time now. I know how to recover my old tabs but whenever I close Firefox it always warns me that I'm closing multiple tabs.

  Tanks for help getting Firefox working properly again
  Jim

  Do not use 'Clear history of Firefox closing' to clear the 'browsing history '.

  • Tools > Options > Privacy: history: [X] clear history of Firefox closing > settings
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/clear+recent+history

  Using the "Show my windows and tabs from last time" is a more reliable way to restore the session data.

  • Tools > Options > general > startup: "When Firefox starts": "show my windows and tabs from last time '.

• In the Menu background, recently closed recently closed tabs and Windows Options are not enabled

  Recently closed recently closed tabs and Windows Options are not enabled.
  I tried to reinstall and upgrade to firefox v4 and nothing has changed.

  • Make sure that you do not run Firefox in private - browsing using Firefox without saving the story mode (permanent).
  • You enter private browsing mode, if you select: Tools > Options > privacy > History: Firefox will be: "don't forget the story ever.
  • To view the history settings and cookies, choose: Tools > Options > privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: use the custom settings for the story of
  • Uncheck the box: [] "automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session.
  • Press F10 or press and hold the Alt key to bring up the 'Menu Bar' temporarily.

• Hi, I have just reset my Firefox and he lost ALL the TABS at the top. Bookmarks, history, leadership, Edit and Options tabs are GONE. I don't know that I named by a r

  Hi, I have just reset my Firefox and he lost ALL the TABS at the top. Bookmarks, history, leadership, Edit and Options tabs are GONE. I don't know that I named all right, but they ARE GONE. Please tell me how to get back them. Thanks, Chris

  _{Edit: removed your email address from the public view, since the only thing that will attract are spambots. you will be notified by email whenever someone replies to the thread, because of a bug in the forum unfortunately with a slight delay. (philipp)}

  The toolbars are still on display in your browser?

  If you still have the address bar, right click on any part that is not a text box or the icon, or if you do not like that of any space right click on the three horizontal lines on the right side of the address bar window. This should show some options, click on 'Menu Bar' and the tabs you are missing should appear.

  As a side note, usually if these options are missing, your icon of firefox in the upper left corner of the window should look different (being a rectangular button itself as opposed to an icon), and the 'file', 'Edition', 'Bookmarks', etc., are found after clicking on this button.

  Hope that helps.

• When I click on a link in a new tab is no longer open in Firefox. Now, I have to copy the link, manually open a tab and then paste the link. Simply, this started happening a few days ago and I haven't changed anything in my settings. Can anyone help?

  When I click on a link in a new tab is no longer open in Firefox. Now, I have to copy the link, manually open a tab and then paste the link. Simply, this started happening a few days ago and I haven't changed anything in my settings. Can anyone help? Thank you

  This problem may be caused by an extension that is not working properly.

  Start Firefox in Firefox to solve the issues in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions of the origin of the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > appearance/themes).

  • Makes no changes on the start safe mode window.
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/safe+mode
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

• In the previous version of Firefox, I could close the window and still have my tabs intact when I reopened it. Why 4 FF closes all tabs and does not give me an option to save? (And if so, where can I change the parameter?)

  In the previous version of Firefox, before closing a window with tabs open, he asked if I would "save and close", "close all tabs" or "Cancel". FF4 comes to warn me that I am fill these tabs and wonder is I want to continue, without giving the option to save my search for later use.

  See if this post will help you

  https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/questions/801145

  GW

• option "restore tabs and windows since the last time"-does not work!

  The absence of "tabs" can be solved (by saving pages in the bookmarks)- but I have found no solution to remember open windows. Are there plans to replace this (fantastic!) feature in Firefox4, or how do I go back to an older version of Firefox?

  It is possible that there is a problem with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the profile folder

  Delete sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the profile folder

  • Help > troubleshooting information > profile directory: opens showing the file

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

  Delete sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and groups of tabs to get lost, so you'll have to create them again (note).

  See:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

  Start Firefox in Firefox to solve the issues in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions of the origin of the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > appearance/themes).

  • Makes no changes on the start safe mode window.
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/safe+mode
  • Troubleshoot extensions, themes, and issues of hardware acceleration to resolve common problems of Firefox

• If I want to open the Web site in a second tab and press Ctrl + T and start typing the title of the website or the URL, why Firefox 4 insists on moving to the first tab? Is it possible to disable this option?

  I regularly need to open the same Web site in two tabs, to be able to view the changes between the first and the second opening tabs. In Firefox 3.x I could press Ctrl + T and start typing the URL or Web site title, which would be part by Firefox. This allowed me to open quickly the same website in a second tab Firefox 4 does not, on the contrary, he wants me to switch to the existing tab. This isn't what I need.

  Of course, it is possible to open the Web site in a second tab through for example a bookmark, but it takes more time and effort. It would be great if I could select the Firefox behavior in this situation.

  If you have already opened this page in another tab and then you get a switch to tab appears in the location bar menu drop-down.

  You can watch this extension to prevent that from happening:

  • Switch to no more Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/switch-to-tab-no-more/

• suddenly I'm asking as a new tab and not google search - driving me crazy

  Ask the home page is driving me crazy. I want my google search customary as that which opens when I press on the new tab. I was everywhere on the internet to try to fix this. nothing works.

  Since there are different options/settings of the standard page in a new window or a new tab, could you confirm if you have one or two of these problems:

  • Ask if poster at the start, in a new window (Cmd + n), and when you click the Home button
  • Ask appears when you open a new tab in the same window (Cmd + t)

  For these two problems, the first thing to check is an unwanted extension. You can view, disable and often remove the extensions on page modules. Either:

  • CMD + SHIFT + a (Windows: Ctrl + Shift + a)
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then take a critical look at the extensions listed on the right side. If in doubt, disable or remove if possible. Remember that all extensions are optional, none come with Firefox.

  Often, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Which allows you to regain control of your homepage and view the standard Firefox new tab page?

  If so, here are the details on how to restore your preferred homepage:

  • Startup, homepage, tabs and download settings
  • How to set the home page

  If you find that it works in your session (Cmd + n and give you good home page), but after leaving Firefox and commissioning once again you have bad home page, look for an optional settings file named user.js in your profile (personal settings folder) folder. Firefox uses the settings in this file at startup to override your preferences since the previous session. You can check and delete the file by following the steps in this article: How to fix preferences that will not save (there is a specific section on the user.js files).

  Display Google in a new tab page requires a different approach. From Firefox 41, the browser.newtab.url parameter is no longer used because it was constantly attacked by malware. Now, you need an add-on to change the new tab page.

  Here are a few options (I'm learning more all the time):

  • If you are already using the "Restorer of classic theme" or "Tab Mix Plus" extension: There is an option somewhere (!) in his dialogues of the parameters to select another page in the new tab.
  • If you want to use your new tab homepage: Try https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-homepage/
  • If you want to set another page or a completely blank page: Try https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/
  • If you want the cursor to move in a search box in the page: Try https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/custom-new-tab/

  Use only one of these methods at the same time, otherwise there may be conflicts and dysfunctions.

  Setting up substitute new tab and new tab custom

  After installing one of these extensions, you must use the Options page to set the new desired tab page (instead of use subject: config).

  Open the page modules using either:

  • CTRL + SHIFT + a (Mac: Cmd + shift + a)
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then on the side right, find the new tab replace or custom new tab and click on the Options button. (See first screenshot attached).

  New tab Override

  Depending on the size of your screen, you may need to scroll down to enter the address in the form. (See second screenshot attached). For example:

  • (Default) page thumbnails = > subject: newtab
  • Blank tab = > subject: empty
  • Built-in Firefox homepage = > topic: welcome
  • Any other page = > full URL of the page

  Then tab or click this form field and you can test using Ctrl + t.

  Custom new tab

  It is easy to enter your favourite homepage address. If you check either of the boxes, the expansion will set the focus in the page as well, for example, the cursor will be in the Google search box. (See third screenshot attached). I had to leave Firefox and start it up again before new custom tab started working, but this may have been due to tests so many extensions back to back.

  Success?

• Firefox isn't me WARNING when closing multiple tabs and it should be, and the ability to save tabs missing

  Hi all

  Not sure if it's something with Firefox 30, but this problem appears again.

  In fact, first when I was close the browser with multiple tabs open, it warned me with the little popup, but it wasn't the "do you want Firefox to save your tabs for the next time it starts? It was just the warning of closure which said "you are about x tabs. Are you sure that you want to continue? »

  So, who was recently #1 problem. I want the option to save and exit. But only in the last few days, it seems, is not even show this close attention now. With several tabs open, it closes just to the bottom of the browser. When opening Firefox again, tabs have been restored, at least it's a good thing, although weird.

  I wonder how come back asking to "Save and exit" or "Quit" or "Cancel" as before.

  In response to some requests for information as possible, here is some information that you may be asking, which I already checked:
  -as appropriate on: configuration settings are all set to true already, such as browser.tabs.warnOnClose and browser.showQuitWarning
  -in tools > Options, "warn me when closing multiple tabs" is checked, and "show my windows and tabs from last time" is selected for the start of Firefox. Nothing has changed!
  -safe mode does not solve the problem; Firefox closes always just if I quit or press the red X.
  -"Always use the private browsing mode" is unchecked.
  -I didn't run a program like CCleaner between sessions

  I have not changed anything, but this problem happening! I hope someone can help me to solve this problem and go back to the way it was, where accidentally close Firefox could be avoided and restore the previous session was possible.

  Thank you!

  Well well, with more tests and the help of my boyfriend, what I've learned, it's that tabs "Save and exit" dialogue prevails over the caveat to the closure of several tabs.

  With browser.showQuitWarning set to true, it will ask me to save and exit - but not if "show my windows and tabs from last time" is selected to start Firefox, who dismisses the prompt to save and leave (and close several tabs warning). It will save just for you to quit smoking.
  And had I disabled this browser.showQuitWarning manually or by selecting "do not ask next time" on the Sava and dialogue to quit smoking, then the warning for closing multiple tabs seems to try to close multiple tabs, since I warn the option in my settings of the tabs.

  It is one or the other, save and exit or warning to the closure of several tabs.
  It would be nice but if it was not a conflict between the fence several warning tabs and Firefox abandoning dialogue.

  So, I hope this can help someone else who may be confused or accidentally to change options and potentially be screwed on. After all, I can an injury self-inflicted in the settings.

• Two BIG problems: Firefox clears the tabs and will not save preferences

  Long story:
  I'm on a 2009 15 "Macbook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X 10.6.8. A few weeks ago I started suddenly problems with some features in Gmail... but only in Firefox. Specifically, I was no longer able to preview attachments in the new Gmail attachment viewer. After a long back-and-forth on the Gmail forum with no results, I turned to Firefox. After having poking around in Firefox Help, I decided to reset Firefox. This solved the problem with Gmail, but in turn created two new more serious problems with Firefox: (1) I can't save my history settings in the privacy of the preferences tab (I want to use the custom settings; whenever I have this option in the menu drop down and close prefs., as soon as I open Pref once again, the history of setting is default return "remember history"; (2) even more serious and obviously related: whenever I quit Firefox, all my tabs and groups of tabs went to the re-opening. I can restore the previous session, but this obviously isn't the solution.

  I basically tried everything suggested in the articles referred to in the help of Firefox, reset Firefox again, trashing the prefs.js file in my profile folder (I have no other pref files - that is to say without "prefs - n.js or 'prefs.js.moztmp' or 'Invalidprefs.js'... I don't see not a user.js file in my profile folder either). I even used the disk utility to repair permissions on my Mac HD... for all that is worth it.

  I'm so sick of everything that I am seriously considering ditching Firefox altogether. There, can someone help me understand what is happening?

  Accidemic13

  Choose "Use the custom settings for history" allows you to see current history and cookies settings, but select this is not make changes to the parameters of the history and cookies.

  Firefox displays "Use the custom settings for history" as an indication that at least one story and cookie settings is not the default to make you aware that the changes have been made.

  If all the parameters of the history and cookies are by default, the custom settings are hidden and see you "conservation rules: (never) don't forget history."

• In the new Firefox 4, what happned to the Save tabs and functionality of quitting smoking, is there a way I can still use this feature?

  I just downloaded Firefox 4 and I got a problem on my Norton spyware toolbar is not incompatible, but anyway, the most important thing that makes me choose Firefox on any other web browser is that I am able to save tabs and then exit. I think it was more great things because I could run my laptop off and save energy and when I got home I'm cold to take back what I what to do. My question is simply is you never have it save tabs and leave the new service or at least a way people would turn the function on will.

  One of the changes in Firefox 4: by default Firefox 4 does not display the warning "Save tabs and exit" then to the closure of several tabs, but it can be turned on again by changing some preferences.

  • Record of the tabs was not removed from Firefox 4, but it works a little differently.
  • By default, Firefox 4 will not ask to save tabs, but instead it will always save your tabs on the output unless you're in private browsing mode. You can restore the next time by:
    1. by clicking on the Firefox button > history > "restore previous Session ', or
    2. type of Subject: House in the URL bar and press the Enter key, then press the button "restore previous Session."
  • Note: This was a decision by the developers. On this forum, we are all volunteers without compensation here to help other users. Develop them and employees of Mozilla/Firefox rarely, if ever visit here.

  Things to check:

  1. Browsing history must be saved
     • Button Firefox: Firefox button > Options > Options > privacy > [X] Remember my browsing history
     • Menu bar: Tools > Options > privacy > [X] Remember my browsing history
  2. Also, make sure that you do not erase "Browsing history" when you use clear recent history or when Firefox is closed
     • Using clear recent history
       • Button Firefox: Firefox button > history > clear recent history
       • Menu bar: Tools > clear recent history
     • When Firefox is closed
       • Button Firefox: Firefox button > Options > Options > privacy (verified) > settings
       • Menu bar: Tools > Options > privacy (verified) > settings
       • See: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
  3. Make sure that you are not in private browsing mode or in private browsing mode permanent:
     • See: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Private%20Browsing
  4. If you have the Tab Mix Plusextension, and then clear the built-in session restore.

  To display the message "save tabs and exit" when closing multiple tabs, you can do the following:

  1. Type of topic: config in the URL/address bar and press the Enter key
  2. Accept the warning message (promise to be careful)
  3. Open the preferences/list page
  4. Filter = browser.tabs.warnOnClose
  5. If its value is set to false, double-click top (in the lower panel) to toggle its value to true
  6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the 3 following preferences also:
     • browser.warnOnQuit
     • browser.warnOnRestart
     • browser.showQuitWarning
       • Note: last pref is new in Firefox 4 b 12, may need to add (boolean)
       • Info/instructions for the use of topic: config: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
  7. See:
     • https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/questions/785169
     • http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23 & t = 2105039 & p = 10434467 & sid = fd2a35945bb2c633687f7b50d8c53989
     • http://blog.zpao.com/post/3174360617/about-that-quit-dialog

• XP Home a settings tab advanced when no. KB310751 says there should be. How could it be? The DMA check!

  Read the steps in KB310751;

  Click START, click RUN, type devmgmt.msc, and then click OK.

  Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.

  Right-click the controller you want to configure DMA/PIO settings for, and then click PROPERTIES.

  NEXT STEP IS TO NOT DISPLAY:

  Click the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab.

  In the TRANSFER MODE box, click ONLY PIO or DMA if AVAILABLE.

  It's the way in which Microsoft said's done it BUT not 4 & 5 are not available on my system.

  I am running XP Home version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

  Any other place I check for DMA?

  If you have the Intel Application Accelerator or Intel Matrix Storage Manager installed the DMA options are managed by the Intel software and they will not appear in the Device Manager.

  John

• How to stay with a clear new tab and not the search page of Yahoo every time?

  Years, I used Firefox with claire of new tabs and achieved this in the menu Options, general tab, display an empty Page - and the next line, remains empty. This has always worked, so far. Today, each new tab navigation takes me directly to the Yahoo Search page, which I certainly don't want.

  So, still today, I then passed to the 'Search' tab (in the Options menu) and removed all search engines from the list, including the option checked "Yahoo." However, each new tab again takes me to a "Yahoo" search page

  How can I stop this now and forever?

  I look forward to your solution.

  Thanks a lot for your help, Mark.

  You can watch the pref browser.newtab.url the topic: config page and set this pref to the URL of your preferred the new tab page.

  • the new default tab with the tiles page is on: newtab
  • the default homepage is Subject: Home
  • to a blank page, you can use Subject: vacuum

  The pref browser.newtabpage.enabled must be set to true to use the page defined through browser.newtab.url like the new tab page.

  You can open the topic: config page via the address bar.
  You can accept the warning and click on "I'll be careful" to continue.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config

  See also;

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites

• How can I restore my tabs and windows, open or closed, when all else fails?

  It's not so much a question, an answer that some people desperately need.

  Since the Version 34, Firefox has done a superb job to restore the tabs created by the user, application or restart Firefox (if this option is chosen).

  The details of how to restore the tabs are covered using base online and even Firefox how to deal with several accidents now (for example, as an addon) ruin the normal backup file are also well explained.

  However, today I accidentally pressed Alt + F4 twice on my keyboard ill-conceived and closed my main window, with 93 tabs and another window of Firefox as well. I'm not sure that's exactly what happened, but I lost all my tabs 93.

  I read a lot of posts where people give suggestions, but none worked. Whenever I've restored a sessionstore.js file version saw the same lonely empty tab Restoring prefs.js did nothing, and not more than to changes in internal configuration constants.

  I tried refreshing / reset Firefox (which preserves the bookmarks), but I couldn't always restore the tabs. It was now clear that the problem was in sessionstore.js (and all its backups) for sure.

  I write for people who must restore their windows or tabs and don't mind be technical on this subject. This is my situation.

  The solution was to realize that the sessionstore.js file contains the JSON code, which is an effective way to represent integers and strings arranged in a tree structure.

  I thought that there must be a JSON Editor somewhere and it turns out there is a great available online, at www.jsoneditoronline.org . It can read a file on your computer, edit it, then save it to your computer.

  As soon as I read sessionstore.js in the editor, it was obvious, easy how this was going to be. The top level of the tree is understandable. Simply, I grabbed the data representing the window with 93 tabs and dragged in the list of the closed windows of Firefox in the list of open windows. This automatically moved the history of each tab and even strings entered in forms.

  After copying sessionstore.js to Firefox profile, I started Firefox once more. Reading Pandora reported that my tabs were back and running once more.

  Now, change the JSON code isn't something that everyone is ready for. And your problem may not be reflected in the JSON tree so simply. But, for the technical spirit of people who do not want to lose their tabs or windows to a mistake or an accident, this technique may be just what it takes when all else fails.

  This seems very practical. Make itself comfortable. A kind of backup would be
  Create a folder in the Bookmarks Manager and make a list of links here.

  Just a note. The sessionstore file shows the last windows / tabs that
  are open. Because the window with 90 tabs has been closed in the first place, then the
  other, that's what caused the problem.

  Please change the title of the post by adding == solved == to it. Others may think
  you ask for help, not offering is not a solution.