Comments on: Firefox 3: Save Tabs on Exit

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:38:36 +0000

If browser.tabs.warnOnClose is set to false, Firefox won’t prompt you to save the session even if browser.warnOnQuit is true.

So, either go into about:config and make sure browser.tabs.warnOnClose is true, or go into Tools:Options:Tabs and make sure “Warn me when closing multiple tabs” check box is checked (see Richard’s post above)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:33:12 +0000

This was driving me crazy. I had tried numerous solutions and yours was the only one that worked. I never would have thought to look at Tab Mix Plus options. Such an easy solution once you know. Thank you, Kevin!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:36:24 +0000

Thanks, Muz! Your solution fixed the problem. Cheers!

By: webgyani

webgyani — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:39:08 +0000

@Muz Your solution worked perfectly, I tried all other solutions mentioned above, but nothing worked, but yours trick just did it for me, thanks dude thanks very much, much appreciated.

cheers

By: Muz

Muz — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:57:02 +0000

Think i worked out a solution.

Try changing the setting

Tools -> Options

In the startup panel, where it says: “When firefox starts:”

Set that to “Show my windows and tabs from last time”

click ok and close firefox

Open firefox again

Go that combo box again and now set the value to: “Show my home page”

Click OK.

close firefox… the Save and quit button should now appear

that should do the trick

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:01:51 +0000

ok i figured it out . there is a add on called : “tab mix plus” . Install that.
and when u go to options select the tab section . And there will be a button there called tab mix plus options click on it and then go to session tab and you can figured it out from there trust me a kid can . Hope this helps

By: Evgeny

Evgeny — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:16:46 +0000

Look at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.startup.page. If you set Browser.startup.page to 3 in about:config, then Firefox will restore the session (tabs and their URLS) that existed before the exit, but it won’t ask if one wants to close multiple tabs.

This at least works with FF 3.5.1 on Vista.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:47:52 +0000

Thanks to Richard who posted:
Tools:Options:Tabs – click into checkbox “Warn me when closing multiple tabs”
I was having trouble finding this.
Thanks for Sree for the post where I found the answer.
Too bad Sree didn’t know the answer, or, if he did, he didn’t want to share.

By: Dan Murray

Dan Murray — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:38:28 +0000

Awesome thanks! so simple how did I not see that!?!

By: Billy

Billy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:28:11 +0000

How do I find the prefs.js file in Firefox 5

By: asd

asd — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:38:57 +0000

in firefox 3 it’s browser.tabs.warnOnClose

By: Kane

Kane — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:45:27 +0000

Mike ….Thank You So Much ..Your tip Work 100% With me But Make Sure That is Firefox Close Before Do That Manually ON prefs.js File

Thanx Again

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:07:43 +0000

To restore the warning tab go to
about:config
Look for
browser.warnOnQuit
Set it to true!!
If that won’t work Got to you install location and find the prefs.js file and set it to this.
user_pref(“browser.warnOnQuit”, true);

By: mona

mona — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:14:24 +0000

thanks a lot every body
i died it for my computer and it worked but my coworker has this problem and this sollution doesnt work for her.what shoud i do for her?

By: Pieronda

Pieronda — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:28:16 +0000

Hello everybody, I used to have the same problem, I solved it by setting “Show my homepage” in “When Firefox starts”. Now, everytime I quit Firefox (that is when I close the last window of the browser; in case of multilple windows open, only closing the last one will you will be prompted with the message) the old beloved “save and quit” message appears again.
Obviously the option “Show my windows and tabs from last time” will make the message disappear again (as it is, infact, the option which is automatically selected when you tick “do not ask next time”).

Hope I’ve been of help!
Regards