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Private Browsing enabled, but it's unchecked in options and I don't want it

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eatrightny
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I updated to FF 5 yesterday and when I rebooted I am in Private Browsing mode. I did not enable it. In Options, it NOT enabled. Stop PV is grayed out. I deleted the session.js file. I do NOT want to use PV - I want my saved tabs to come back up when I restart FF. Is there a real fix for this in FF5, or can I go back to 3.6 or 4.1? If so, how? thank you so much

I updated to FF 5 yesterday and when I rebooted I am in Private Browsing mode. I did not enable it. In Options, it NOT enabled. Stop PV is grayed out. I deleted the session.js file. I do NOT want to use PV - I want my saved tabs to come back up when I restart FF. Is there a real fix for this in FF5, or can I go back to 3.6 or 4.1? If so, how? thank you so much

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Did yo check the command (target) line in the Firefox desktop shortcut to be sure that there isn't a -private switch appended?

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cor-el
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Did yo check the command (target) line in the Firefox desktop shortcut to be sure that there isn't a -private switch appended?

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eatrightny
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That was a great suggestion. There WAS a -private switch on the shortcut. Can't imagine how it got there, but I removed it and restarted FF and I got my tabs back. Thanks so much for your help. -d-

the-edmeister
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Please click the Solved It button next to the answer that solved your Firefox support issue, it appears when you are logged in, so this thread gets marked as Solved to help other users who may have this same problem.

eatrightny
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thanks for letting me know the correct protocol, I'll be sure to remember that in the future.