[mdlug] Fwd: Restoring FireFox session

[Rick Hall]

Hi All,

FWIW: I was able to successfully recover the session without any loss
(significant - that I remember, anyway), and without having to create a
new profile, by copying an old session file from the backup folder. The
link I listed (below) was the appropriate guide. After launching FF and
seeing all those tabs, I immediately closed it again to restore/replace
the backup session files, then re-opened it. All is well !!  Also, FWIW,
I had a lot more open tabs than I thought - 105 !!!

Thanks again all,
-Rich

On 2/8/2022 19:21, Rick Hall wrote:
> Raymond
> Thanks for the input. I did look at the link, and it's useful
> information; but that's where I realized what may be a real difference.
> I'm concerned about trying this because I didn't just close tabs - I
> closed the entire FF instance. Not sure if/how this applies. I'm still
> looking online.
>
> I did come across the following page that appears to be almost exactly
> what I did:
>       https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1189759
>
> Still researching it from that perspective. Concerned about doing
> ANYTHING, until I have a good game-plan in place.
>
> Thanks, Carl: Perusing History is really not an option, here, because
> there were so many tabs/sites that were open. The guy in the link above
> said he had 120 active tabs. I don't know how many tabs I had in that FF
> instance -- maybe a little under half (?) -- so browsing history is not
> really an option for me here.
>
> If the info in the link above seems viable to any of you, let me know
> (sort of corroborating/assuring).
>
> Thanks,
> -Rich
>
>
> On 2/8/2022 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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