restoring previous session on a new computter
Hi, I had to erase all of my data in order to set up a fresh operating system on my computer. I made a firefox account and synced all my data before wiping my computer. I want to restore my previous sessions I was using before erasing all of my data, however can't figure out how. Thanks.
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FredMcD said
When you 'set up a fresh operating system,' do you mean you did a system refresh? If so, did you select to save your data? Using the computer's file browser, open your user folder. Look for a folder called Windows.old
I was running linux before and needed windows so I deleted all my old data and installed windows. I figured out how to open all my old tabs.. I clicked the 3 lines in firefox, clicked my username and scrolling down could see my old tabs underneath the signout option. I was able to click each one individually to open the old tabs. Thank you so much for your help!
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When you 'set up a fresh operating system,' do you mean you did a system refresh? If so, did you select to save your data?
Using the computer's file browser, open your user folder. Look for a folder called Windows.old
You need to place a sessionstore.jsonlz4 in the current profile folder to restore that last session.
Location used for the main profile that keeps your personal data (Root Directory on about:profiles).
- C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
You can copy certain files with Firefox closed to the current profile folder to transfer or recover personal data. Note that best is to avoid copying a full profile folder.
- bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
- favicons: favicons.sqlite
- bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
- cookies.sqlite for the Cookies
- formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data
- logins.json (encrypted logins;32+) and key4.db (decryption key;58+) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
key3.db support ended in 73+; to use key3.db in 58-72, make sure to remove key4.db - cert9.db (58+) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
- persdict.dat for words added to the spell checker dictionary
- permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences)
- sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)
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FredMcD said
When you 'set up a fresh operating system,' do you mean you did a system refresh? If so, did you select to save your data? Using the computer's file browser, open your user folder. Look for a folder called Windows.old
I was running linux before and needed windows so I deleted all my old data and installed windows. I figured out how to open all my old tabs.. I clicked the 3 lines in firefox, clicked my username and scrolling down could see my old tabs underneath the signout option. I was able to click each one individually to open the old tabs. Thank you so much for your help!
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