"Restore previous session" does not work after private mode
I have selected the option "Restore previous session". Normally, it works fine, but if the last Firefox window closed before was in private mode, it doesn't - instead I get the last sessions of this private window. I'm not quite sure, but I think this behavior was different (= Firefox restores always the tabs from the last non-private window) before one of the last updates.
Ausgewählte Lösung
First, you need to be careful about what window gets closed.
Sometimes when surfing, I end up accidentally closing the window. A bit of a hassle getting it back but I found a better way. When I start the browser, I drop the first window to the taskbar. I then open a second window and do my work in it. Now if I happen to close the work window, I use the first window to call it back.
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Profile data can be removed or not recorded in several ways;
- 1) Running Firefox in Private Mode (nothing is recorded)
That's what I would expect, but obviously in my case it works inversely: When reopening Firefox, I always get the tabs of the last closed window, even if it was private. What I want when I open Firefox (and what I got before one of the latest updates, if I remember correctly) are the tabs of the last non-private window.
Hmm, I don't think private window tabs should ever be restored, so that is very troubling. The restored window has the white-mask-on-purple-circle at the upper right?
Can you recover the closed regular window using either:
- "3-bar" menu button > Library > History > Recently Closed Windows
- "Library" toolbar button > History > Recently Closed Windows
- (menu bar) History > Recently Closed Windows
Thank you! The Answer to your question: The restored window is NOT private.
PS: Yes, I can recover the regular tabs as described.
I was sure I could (and did) reproduce the error before I opened this problem, but now I can't :-(. Maybe I unintentionally opened multiple regular windows and mixed it up with my private window (normally one), so that the last window closed was indeed a regular one. So I will mark this as solved until I get the "error" again.
Use one of these to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the Firefox Title bar, especially if you have Private Browsing mode windows open.
- "3-bar" menu button -> Exit (Power button)
- Windows: File -> Exit
- Mac: Firefox -> Quit Firefox
- Linux: File -> Quit
Note that this can happen if you first close the regular window and then close the PB mode window. That makes Firefox think you close a PB mode session and sessionstore.jsonlz4 isn't created.
Yes, that describes excactly my problem! But is there a setting to prevent this, i. e. making Firefox to remember always the last closed regular window?
Ausgewählte Lösung
First, you need to be careful about what window gets closed.
Sometimes when surfing, I end up accidentally closing the window. A bit of a hassle getting it back but I found a better way. When I start the browser, I drop the first window to the taskbar. I then open a second window and do my work in it. Now if I happen to close the work window, I use the first window to call it back.