Firefox has suddenly started remembering Recently Closed Windows and the Tabs within said windows?
Up until very recently I had my FF setup so that whenever I closed all windows, all history would be cleared completely, including recently closed Windows. Now, I haven't made any changes to any settings whatsoever yet for some reason FF has started remembering Recently closed windows and if I open said window, FF opens all tabs closed with that window in the previous session AND FF has also memorized my e-mail account's password which I have never allowed it to do. I'm more than a little annoyed at these sudden changes that came pretty much without notifications and I seem unable to do anything about them (I already have the privacy settings set up to never remember anything of the browsing history or passwords, just like always). Is there a solution to this problem or do I need to go over to another browser altogether if I want privacy settings like those FF used to have?
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Update to Firefox 15.0.1 (Help > About) as that version fixes some issues with Private Browsing mode in Firefox 15.0.
I have the same problem and am running 15.0.1.
It is possible that there is a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
Delete the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note or bookmark them).
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder