[mdlug] Fwd: Restoring FireFox session

[Carl T. Miller]

And, if needed, you can always go back into your history
using ctrl-H and open any missing pages in a new tab.

c


On 2/8/22 18:45, Raymond Ingles wrote:
> CTRL-Shift-T might do it. Otherwise...
>
> https://www.ghacks.net/2020/06/09/restoring-multiple-closed-tabs-will-get-easier-in-firefox-78/
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 6:21 PM Rick Hall <email5000 at usa.com> wrote:
>
>> I forgot to mention that I still have the 1-tab instance open....
>> -rh
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject:        [mdlug] Restoring FireFox session
>> Date:   Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:18:08 -0500
>> From:   Rick Hall <email5000 at usa.com>
>> Reply-To:       MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>> To:     MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> HELP !!  I screwed up...
>>
>> I had a session (an "Instance") of Firefox (FF) open (with a LOT of
>> tabs), looking at a version of CanaKit (CK) Rpi 4. I had another tab
>> open at the same site looking at another version of CK Rpi4. I wanted to
>> see what was included in each, compared side-by-side. I grabbed the one
>> tab and dragged it to the desktop. I now have 2 'Instances' of FF open.
>> I needed to reboot, and so began closing applications. I closed the
>> many-tab Instance of FF and forgot I had another Instance still open. If
>> I closed the 1-tab instance, when I restarted FF, it would bring up the
>> 'last' session it knew - the single tab. I know a little about the
>> sessions - eg. I can restore tabs from THE previous session (it asks me
>> if I want to restore), but not sure how this scenario is
>> logged/registered, much less how to proceed. I don't know if these two
>> instances are logged as separate sessions or what....
>>
>> How do I restore all those other tabs?
>>
>> Help !!
>>
>> Thanks in advance !!
>> -Rich Hall
>>
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