Opened Tabs disappear after reboot.

[Mortman]

FF 9.0.1 Win XP SP3

Until recently, previously opened tabs including a pinned tab would
remain after a computer reboot. However, they no longer reappear after I
reboot the computer. I don't recall if this started happening after
installing 9.0.1 or if it also happened with 9.0.

Tools > Options > General > When Firefox starts: Show my windows and
tabs from last time

If I shut FF but do not reboot the computer, previous tabs return when
FF is reloaded.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

[Ron Hunter]

On 12/27/2011 3:32 PM, Sailfish wrote:
> My bloviated meandering follows what Mortman graced us with on
> 12/27/2011 11:20 AM:

> Mine still remain. However, there is a case where they can be
> inadvertently lost, that I've found. If, for whatever reason, I have
> another Firefox window open that doesn't have the other tabs or the
> pinned tabs and I happen to close the Firefox window that has them
> first, I lose the pinned tabs and opened tabs.
>
> Could this be what happened?
>
Another question, based on a question by another user, do you always
shut down Firefox before rebooting? If not, then the order in which the
windows close isn't under your control, and might trigger the problem.

[Mortman]

On 12/27/2011 4:32 PM, Sailfish wrote:
> My bloviated meandering follows what Mortman graced us with on
> 12/27/2011 11:20 AM:

> Mine still remain. However, there is a case where they can be
> inadvertently lost, that I've found. If, for whatever reason, I have
> another Firefox window open that doesn't have the other tabs or the
> pinned tabs and I happen to close the Firefox window that has them
> first, I lose the pinned tabs and opened tabs.
>
> Could this be what happened?
>

No. Only one instance of FF is open.

[Mortman]

I always shut all open programs prior to shutting down.

Since it only happens when I reboot, I suspect it might be a windows
problem of some sort.
Any thoughts?

[cart...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, December 27, 2011 2:20:34 PM UTC-5, Mortman wrote:
> Tools > Options > General > When Firefox starts: Show my windows and
> tabs from last time

Hmm. I just start with my home page, but any time I want to invoke the previous session's tabs, I use History > Restore Previous Session. That works flawlessly for me. Does that work for you when you have problems?

Rick Carter

[Chris Ilias]

We'll need some more info about your Firefox setup. Go to
Help-->Troubleshooting_Information, then click [Copy all to Clipboard].
Open a reply to this post, and go to Edit-->Paste to paste the info from
your Troubleshooting Information page.
--
Chris Ilias <http://ilias.ca>
Mailing list/Newsgroup moderator

[Mortman]

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[Mortman]

Just tried it. History > Restore previous session is greyed out!
I'll try it again after another reboot.

[Chris Ilias]

On 11-12-27 8:07 PM, Mortman wrote:
> On 12/27/2011 8:00 PM, Chris Ilias wrote:
>> On 11-12-27 2:20 PM, Mortman wrote:
>> > FF 9.0.1 Win XP SP3
>> >
>> > Until recently, previously opened tabs including a pinned tab would
>> > remain after a computer reboot. However, they no longer reappear
>> after I
>> > reboot the computer. I don't recall if this started happening after
>> > installing 9.0.1 or if it also happened with 9.0.
>> >
>> > Tools> Options> General> When Firefox starts: Show my windows and
>> > tabs from last time
>> >
>> > If I shut FF but do not reboot the computer, previous tabs return when
>> > FF is reloaded.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> > Thank you.
>

<snip>

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If "When Firefox starts" were set to "Show my windows and tabs from last
time" the line "browser.startup.page 3" would appear. Try setting "When
Firefox starts" to something else, then setting it back.

[Mortman]

Did that..... No improvement.
Trying to isolate what might be causing the problem: I tried to recreate
the steps I use when restarting the computer each day.

The following was noted:
With several tabs open, shutting FF and restarting maintained the open tabs.
With several tabs open, rebooting the computer also maintained all open
tabs.
With several tabs open, shutting FF then RUNNING CCLEANER (as I always
do) then restarting FF LOSES ALL OPEN TABS except my homepage.

Although this has never happened in the past, it appears that Ccleaner
is the culprit.
Next I will delete and then reload Ccleaner. Hopefully that will solve
the mystery.
I will post an update (probably tomorrow morning).

[Mortman]

Couldn't wait for morning.
Uninstalled Ccleaner using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Reinstalled latest version from Periform website.
No change in the outcome ..... When Ccleaner is run, multiple tabs are
deleted on reloading FF regardless of whether or not Computer is rebooted.
Not running Ccleaner maintains all tabs.

[Mortman]

On 12/27/2011 10:34 PM, Sailfish wrote:
> <snip>

> > Uninstalled Ccleaner using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
> > Reinstalled latest version from Periform website.
> > No change in the outcome ..... When Ccleaner is run, multiple tabs are
> > deleted on reloading FF regardless of whether or not Computer is rebooted.
> > Not running Ccleaner maintains all tabs.
>

> Have you tried clicking the "Applications" tab in the Cleaner category
> and disabling the various checkboxes. fwiw, I only have Internet Cache,
> cookies and Download History checked but you might want to disable all
> of yours just to see if it fixes the problem.
>
Sent a response last night but I don't see it listed.

Thank you Sailfish. Your suggestion did the trick.
I disabled all the checkboxes in Ccleaner for FF except the cache.
Miracle of Miracles. All works as expected now.
Although this did not SOLVE the problem, it alleviated it. (I still
don't know why this started happening).

Thank you to all who responded.
And to all a good night!