Configuring session restore
By default, when Firefox starts, a single window is opened, displaying your specified home page. If you wish, you can configure Firefox to open all windows and tabs from your previous session:
At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Edit menu and select Preferences
Select the General panel.
From the When Firefox starts drop-down, select Show my windows and tabs from last time.
Note: Unchecking Don't load tabs until selected can make Firefox take longer to start.
Click Close to close the Preferences window
Privacy issues
Session Restore may keep you logged in to sites that you were logged into before you closed Firefox. If someone else used your computer after you, they could access your account on these sites. If this is a concern then you should not configure Firefox to open all windows and tabs from your previous session.
You may also wish to disable the Session Restore crash recovery feature which is enabled by default. This will prevent restoring a previous session when Firefox is opened after an unexpected close or software crash:
In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter.
The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
In the Search box at the top, type browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash.
In the resulting grid, double-click on browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash to set it to false.
Troubleshooting
Previous session not correctly closed
To get your tabs and windows back from a previous session, you should close Firefox from the menu: At the top of the Firefox window, click on the File menu and select Quit. If you close each window or tab, only the tabs in the final window that you close are available when you restart Firefox.
Settings may be incorrect
For other session restore problems, you may need to make corrections to your Firefox settings:
At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Edit menu and select Preferences
Select the Privacy panel and make sure Firefox will: is set to either Remember history or Use custom settings for history.
If Firefox will: is set to Use custom settings for history then make sure that Permanent Private Browsing mode is not selected.
If Firefox will: is set to Use custom settings for history and Clear history when Firefox closes is selected, then click the Settings button and make sure that Browsing History is not selected.
Click Close to close the Preferences window
Based on information from Session Restore (mozillaZine KB)
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