Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

After latest update, Firefos does not start with last windows & tabs despite setting in options. How to rectify this?

  • 6 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 5 views
  • Last reply by FredMcD

more options

On 26 August 2017 Firefox was last updated. I have always opted for 'Show windows & tabs from last time' when Firefox restarts. It has been working fine all these years. But now when Firefox is started, the tabs pages are blank. Web page address is also gone from the address bar. My last opened page is lost.

On 26 August 2017 Firefox was last updated. I have always opted for 'Show windows & tabs from last time' when Firefox restarts. It has been working fine all these years. But now when Firefox is started, the tabs pages are blank. Web page address is also gone from the address bar. My last opened page is lost.

All Replies (6)

more options

Separate Issue; Your System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Shockwave Flash 26.0 r0 Shockwave Flash 15.0 r0
Having more than one version of a program may cause issues. You must remove the older programs. Then get the current full installer.

Flash: Grab the uninstaller from here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html Uninstall Flash Player | Windows

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html Uninstall Flash Player | Mac

Then reinstall the latest version.

Note: Windows users should download the active_x for Internet Explorer. and the plugin for Plugin-based browsers (like Firefox).

Note: Windows 8 and Windows 10 have built-in flash players and Adobe will cause a conflict. Install the plugin only. Not the active_x.

Flash Player Version 26.0.0.151

https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Direct link scans current system and browser Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>

https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Step 1: Select Operating System Step 2: Select A Version (Firefox, Win IE . . . .) Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>


See if there are updates for your graphics drivers https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

more options

You may have corrupt sessionstore file(s). Delete all sessionstore* files and the sessionstore-backups folder.

Type about:support<enter> in the address bar.

Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Locate the above file. Then rename or delete it. Restart Firefox.

more options

I followed the steps. But the problem was not solved.

more options

Type about:support in the address bar and press Enter. Under the main banner, press the button; Copy Text To Clipboard.. Now in the Reply Box on the forum page, do a right-click in the box and select Paste.

This will show us your system details. No Personal Information Is Collected.

more options

Application Basics Name: Firefox Version: 55.0.3 Build ID: 20170824053622 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:55.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/55.0 OS: Windows_NT 6.1 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (Disabled by add-ons) Web Content Processes: Google Key: Found Mozilla Location Service Key: Found Safe Mode: false Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days All Crash Reports Firefox Features Name: Application Update Service Helper Version: 2.0 ID: aushelper@mozilla.org Name: Click-to-Play staged rollout Version: 1.2 ID: clicktoplay-rollout@mozilla.org Name: Firefox Screenshots Version: 10.12.0 ID: screenshots@mozilla.org Name: Follow-on Search Telemetry Version: 0.9.1 ID: followonsearch@mozilla.com Name: Multi-process staged rollout Version: 2.0 ID: e10srollout@mozilla.org Name: Pocket Version: 1.0.5 ID: firefox@getpocket.com Name: Shield Recipe Client Version: 55.1 ID: shield-recipe-client@mozilla.org Name: Web Compat Version: 1.1 ID: webcompat@mozilla.org Extensions Name: Activity Stream Version: 1.1.6 Enabled: true ID: @activity-streams Name: Adblock Plus Version: 2.9.1 Enabled: true ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d} Name: Autofill Forms Version: 1.1.8 Enabled: true ID: autofillForms@blueimp.net Name: Download Status Bar Version: 15.0.0.1 Enabled: true ID: {6c28e999-e900-4635-a39d-b1ec90ba0c0f} Name: DownThemAll! Version: 3.0.8 Enabled: true ID: {DDC359D1-844A-42a7-9AA1-88A850A938A8} Name: ERail Plugin for Firefox Version: 6.0.rev142 Enabled: true ID: ERAIL.IN.FFPLUGIN@jetpack Name: Flash Video Downloader - YouTube HD Download [4K] Version: 15.0.19 Enabled: true ID: artur.dubovoy@gmail.com Name: Free Memory Version: 0.96.1.1-signed Enabled: true ID: jid1-n85lxPv1NAWVTQ@jetpack Name: IE Tab Version: 4.0.20130422.1-signed.1-signed Enabled: true ID: {77b819fa-95ad-4f2c-ac7c-486b356188a9} Name: Tab Center Version: 1.21 Enabled: true ID: tabcentertest1@mozilla.com Name: Test Pilot Version: 0.7.2-tag-2016-07-05 Enabled: true ID: @testpilot-addon Name: Twitter Counter (BETA) Version: 0.1.6.4.1-signed.1-signed Enabled: true ID: jid1-OJD6IB5l1KWtiA@jetpack Name: videoresumer Version: 1.1.4 Enabled: true ID: videoresumer@jetpack Name: WordWeb one-click lookup Version: 5.0.4406 Enabled: false ID: wcapturex@deskperience.com Graphics Features Compositing: Direct3D 11 Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (adapter LUID: 0000000000007775) EGL_VERSION: 1.4 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_EXTENSIONS(nullptr): EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d EGL_ANGLE_device_creation EGL_ANGLE_device_creation_d3d11 EGL_ANGLE_experimental_present_path EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses WebGL 1 Driver Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) WebGL 1 Driver Version: OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) WebGL 1 Driver Extensions: GL_ANGLE_depth_texture GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample GL_ANGLE_instanced_arrays GL_ANGLE_lossy_etc_decode GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_request_extension GL_ANGLE_robust_client_memory GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ANGLE_texture_usage GL_ANGLE_translated_shader_source GL_CHROMIUM_bind_generates_resource GL_CHROMIUM_bind_uniform_location GL_CHROMIUM_copy_compressed_texture GL_CHROMIUM_copy_texture GL_CHROMIUM_sync_query GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_KHR_debug GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external GL_NV_fence GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth32 GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_vertex_array_object WebGL 1 Extensions: ANGLE_instanced_arrays EXT_blend_minmax EXT_color_buffer_half_float EXT_frag_depth EXT_shader_texture_lod EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic EXT_disjoint_timer_query MOZ_debug OES_element_index_uint OES_standard_derivatives OES_texture_float OES_texture_float_linear OES_texture_half_float OES_texture_half_float_linear OES_vertex_array_object WEBGL_color_buffer_float WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc WEBGL_debug_renderer_info WEBGL_debug_shaders WEBGL_depth_texture WEBGL_draw_buffers WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc MOZ_WEBGL_depth_texture WebGL 2 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (adapter LUID: 0000000000007775) EGL_VERSION: 1.4 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_EXTENSIONS(nullptr): EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d EGL_ANGLE_device_creation EGL_ANGLE_device_creation_d3d11 EGL_ANGLE_experimental_present_path EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses WebGL 2 Driver Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) WebGL 2 Driver Version: OpenGL ES 3.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) WebGL 2 Driver Extensions: GL_ANGLE_depth_texture GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample GL_ANGLE_instanced_arrays GL_ANGLE_lossy_etc_decode GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_request_extension GL_ANGLE_robust_client_memory GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ANGLE_texture_usage GL_ANGLE_translated_shader_source GL_CHROMIUM_bind_generates_resource GL_CHROMIUM_bind_uniform_location GL_CHROMIUM_copy_compressed_texture GL_CHROMIUM_copy_texture GL_CHROMIUM_sync_query GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_color_buffer_float GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_KHR_debug GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external GL_NV_fence GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth32 GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_vertex_array_object WebGL 2 Extensions: EXT_color_buffer_float EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic EXT_disjoint_timer_query MOZ_debug OES_texture_float_linear WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc WEBGL_debug_renderer_info WEBGL_debug_shaders WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc Audio Backend: wasapi Direct2D: true DirectWrite: true (6.2.9200.17568) GPU #1 Active: Yes Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x0152 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2712 Driver Date: 3-26-2012 Drivers: igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Subsys ID: 20178086 RAM: Unknown Diagnostics ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2.2 Pixel Structure: RGB ClearType Level: 0 Enhanced Contrast: 400 AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0 AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: skia ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2.2 Pixel Structure: RGB ClearType Level: 0 Enhanced Contrast: 400 Decision Log GPU_PROCESS: unavailable by default: Multi-process mode is not enabled WEBRENDER: opt-in by default: WebRender is an opt-in feature unavailable by runtime: Build doesn't include WebRender Important Modified Preferences accessibility.browsewithcaret: true accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400

more options

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?