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Disable Firefox automatic restoring of previous session when Booting on Win 10

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Ann&nymous
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I'm using Win 10. How do i disable Firefox 77.0 from automatically restoring lots of windows from my last session upon startup of my computer?

FYI, i just opened my Menu, and see that:

This is Uncheckmarked: ...Options > General > Restore Previous Session And this is Enabled: ....Add-Ons > Mange Your Extension

I'm using Win 10. How do i disable Firefox 77.0 from automatically restoring lots of windows from my last session upon startup of my computer? FYI, i just opened my Menu, and see that: This is Uncheckmarked: ...Options > General > Restore Previous Session And this is Enabled: ....Add-Ons > Mange Your Extension

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Do you let Windows shut down Firefox for you instead of closing Firefox by using Exit on the menu? In that case, could you take a look at the following article and see whether this is the relevant setting: Firefox starts automatically when I restart Windows.

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Do you let Windows shut down Firefox for you instead of closing Firefox by using Exit on the menu? In that case, could you take a look at the following article and see whether this is the relevant setting: Firefox starts automatically when I restart Windows.

Ann&nymous
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Thank you jscher! you are very helpful. :)

I toggled it to False, and i hope that resolves it! Not that I don't think it's complicated, or remember it in future! Oh well...