439802 - Not being able to restore tabs although clicked "Save and Quit" last time

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 398817

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[Allen Mak]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

I clicked "Save and Quit" to save all the tabs.
When I ran Firefox 3 next time, the tabs could not be restored.
A error shown in the Error Console with the following:
SessionStore: The session file is invalid: TypeError: this._initialState.windows[0] is undefined

It happens in both "Run as Administrator" mode and not "Run as Administrator" mode.
Thank you very much.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a few tabs.
2. Click "Save and Quit" when closing Firefox 3.
3. Start Firefox 3.
Actual Results:  
A blank page has been shown.
The Error Console displays with the following:
SessionStore: The session file is invalid: TypeError: this._initialState.windows[0] is undefined

Expected Results:  
It should restore all the tabs saved in previous session.

Comment 1

[Vijay K]

I have the same problem.
Known workaround from mozilla forums: use file-exit, dont click on the X
if you are clearing private data (history) on exit.

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=69047

Comment 2

[Allen Mak]

Vijay K, your method works.
Thanks for the information.
Hope it can be fixed in next release.