Firefox Session Restore

AndyC · 2 Dec 2006 at 10:39

Hi All,

Running latest version and never really close the browser down when shutting off the PC - so of course it prompts me next time restore or clear.

I've looked and searched but can't find the setting to turn this off. Is there a way? understand why it's there but don't want it.

Andy

tolien · 2 Dec 2006 at 10:48

It should only be offering that option if it wasn't properly closed.

tsinc80697 · 2 Dec 2006 at 12:18

mine keeps doing that when i shutdown the PC as usual and turn it back on, i think it does it if you don't close it yourself and let windows close it as it goes to turn off, silly feature yet quite handy sometimes!

AndyC · 2 Dec 2006 at 12:25

Yes that's what I do, I would have thought windows would shut it down cleanly as with other progs, or at least be a button to turn it off and just open my home page next time.

tolien · 2 Dec 2006 at 12:31

It clearly doesn't (or more to the point, probably doesn't give FF time to write the files it needs to when you close it).

AndyC said:
at least be a button to turn it off and just open my home page next time.

There are options (but not a nice clean button, or the Options dialog would have a million buttons and options, and nothing would be simple) within Firefox to stop it offering to restore your session, but it would be a much better idea to just close Firefox before you shut down.

The Mozillazine KB to the rescue: browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash and browser.sessionstore.enabled.

AndyC · 2 Dec 2006 at 15:30

Thanks tolien and will have a read through the kb's or learn to shutdown correctly the extra 2 sec's won't hurt me I'm sure.