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why does the forget button remove my pinned sites when i use it

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alan234
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when i use the forget button before i close firefox it deletes all my pinned sites when i restart it . when i close it and restart without using forget button the pinned sites come back fine.? thanks!

when i use the forget button before i close firefox it deletes all my pinned sites when i restart it . when i close it and restart without using forget button the pinned sites come back fine.? thanks!

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cor-el
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Does is has effect if you wait a bit longer before closing Firefox?

Pinned tabs are stored in the sessionstore.js as part of the session data, so Firefox may not be creating a new sessionstore.js file.

You can backup the session files in the sessionstore-backups folder in the Firefox Profile Folder to make sure not to lose possible important session data. 

previous.js (cleanBackup: copy of sessionstore.js from previous session that was loaded successfully)
recovery.js (latest version of the sessionstore written during runtime)
recovery.bak (previous version of the sessionstore written during runtime)
upgrade.js-<build_id> (backup created during an upgrade of Firefox)

You can copy a file from the sessionstore-backups folder to the main profile and rename the file to sessionstore.js to replace the current file (make a backup copy of the current sessionstore.js).