# Win 7 and Firefox 4

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829 "2011-05-13T21:39:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/1 "2011-05-13T21:39:30Z")

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Just bought a new computer with Win 7. I use firefox 4.01 on my old computer, but on the new one, it looks different and won’t keep the tabs when I start a new session. How do I tell it to not lose the tabs?

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**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/2 "2011-05-13T21:46:07Z")

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I use an add on called Tab Mix Plus.

There is a setting in FF but I couldn’t seem to get it to work.

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**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/3 "2011-05-13T22:08:08Z")

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When I updated FF, I had to go into the options (in W7, click the dropdown arrow in the orange title box at the top left corner), general options, and change the When Firefox Starts to Show windows and tabs from last time.

It seems like there was something else I did, but I don’t remember what. FF used to ask me if I wanted to save the tabs when I closed and now it just automatically saves them. I can’t remember where I changed that, though.

Is that what you’re looking for?

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**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/4 "2011-05-13T22:49:59Z")

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nm - not what you were looking for

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/5 "2011-05-13T22:57:49Z")

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[Other recent thread on this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608087)

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**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/6 "2011-05-13T22:58:56Z")

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Damnit, missed the edit window.

Tools\>Options\>General  
Startup:  
Set “When Firefox starts” to “Show my windows and tabs from last time”

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-and-firefox-4/581829/7 "2011-05-15T15:22:53Z")

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Thanks Marconi… I think that is the solution. Going to try now.

That is the solution for sure… just tried it and it works. So simple.