How to get the "well, this is embarrassing" screen every time I start Firefox

Sometimes, when Firefox doesn't quit cleanly (perhaps because it crashed, or because the whole computer crashed or didn't successfully terminated Firefox when shutting down), Firefox shows a Well, this is embarrassing page where you can manually select the tabs you want to restore.

I really like this feature, and I'd like to see that screen every time I start Firefox. I have a tendency of not closing tabs, and with this screen, I can choose which tabs I really want.

Is there a way (an extension I suppose) to get this message each time (other than manually crashing Firefox each time I want to quit it)?

user36520

Posted 2010-09-22T07:26:51.907

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Here How to get the “well, this is embarrassing” screen every time you start Firefox http://blog.dt.in.th/2011/02/firefox-sessionrestore/

– None – 2011-12-01T05:41:59.970

Why don't you make this as an answer. I'll try it right away, and hope it will be the validated answer. – user36520 – 2011-12-02T09:22:22.310

The problem is that on GNU/Linux, I don't have such a file, it must be included in a .jar. And I would need root access. – user36520 – 2011-12-02T09:27:09.327

Answers

You can display the session restore "well, this is embarrassing" page at any time once Firefox is running (and quite possibly all your tabs are already open!) by typing about:sessionrestore in the address bar. Can you do this if you have selected "Show a blank page" for the "When Firefox starts" option as Pierre suggests? Worth a try.

Can you make about:sessionrestore your "home page" and display your "home page" when Firefox starts?!

More information:

MrWhite

Posted 2010-09-22T07:26:51.907

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1I already tried that, but the list of tabs to restore is then empty – user36520 – 2011-12-02T09:21:56.880

I don't know if I'm getting well what your need is, but there is a preference that you can set to re-open Firefox with the tabs opened like they were when you've closed Firefox the last time you used it:

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Pierre Watelet

Posted 2010-09-22T07:26:51.907

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1No, he's looking to have the "Which of the former tabs do you want me to open?" screen on restart, which is not an option here. – CarlF – 2010-09-22T12:34:01.890

Ok. But he is not far from there.. He just has to close the opened tabs he doesn't want anymore. It's a reverse selection, and the websites are "reached" before he can choose the one he wants to keep. But it's way better than to have to crash an app ;°) – Pierre Watelet – 2010-09-22T12:42:32.523

This can be a problem with the file sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Profile Folder.

Delete sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Profile Folder. If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.

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Posted 2010-09-22T07:26:51.907

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