Firefox: restarting with previous tabs

newbiesforever · 02-23-2018, 01:56 PM

Normally, if I would like Firefox (or Pale Moon, in my case) to restart with the tabs I left open last time, I just have to select that in Preferences--of course I know it. But what if I have two separate Firefox windows? I rarely do, but I keep remembering too late that Firefox will remember the tabs on whichever window I had open last, not necessarily the one whose tabs I want to keep. I don't suppose there's any way to solve that, other than remembering to close the correct window last?

scasey · 02-23-2018, 05:55 PM

Usually, if I have two Firefox windows open and close them both in succession, restarting Firefox will reopen and populate both windows...sometimes that's a real PITA.
Yes, if one is more important, just be sure to close that one last.

frankbell · 02-23-2018, 08:14 PM

There's a setting in Firefox for starting with the previous tabs. In FF v. 52, it's a dropdown entitled "When Firefox starts" under Edit-->Preferences--?General. In Quantam, it's under Tools-->Prefernces-->Startup.

dave@burn-it.co.uk · 02-25-2018, 06:56 AM

Force them to use different PROFILE files. That is where all the settings are saved.