Restore Previous open tabs after Windows Update

Anonymous
2021-03-22T18:16:18+00:00

An unscheduled reboot of Windows 10 to install updates has deleted all of my open tabs in Edge Chromium.  I have no way to restore the previous session, and the "reopen closed tabs" option does not work.  I have solved the problem for future tabs by selecting the "Continue where you left off" options in the "On startup" settings, but that does nothing to help me with the tabs I have already lost.  You'd think there'd be an easy solution to this with as easily as Windows 10 reboots without permission, but I have yet to find one.

Any help for this annoying (and counterintuitive) issue?

[Original Title: Edge Chromium]

Microsoft Edge | Tabs, address bar, and search | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-08-22T18:02:23+00:00

    That didn't work either. Why so convoluted? "ask before closing multiple tabs" is not where you sent me. I'm tired of trying to do this. I'll just be more careful before hitting that "X" when closing only one tab.

    Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-20T22:19:12+00:00

    No other words as you state above.

    Try copying the URL ( edge://flags/#edge-ask-before-closing-multiple-tabs ) and pasting it into the address bar. Otherwise, just visit edge://flags and use search to find the flag.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-08-20T20:43:44+00:00

    Firedog,

    Went to that web page and it shows: No other words as you state above.

    Chavelajean

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-08-20T20:31:33+00:00

    Before we accidently clicked the right "X" to close all Edge tabs, it would ask, "do we want to close all tabs." Now it doesn't!

    This feature was introduced for testing some months ago. You can try it out for yourself: in a new tab, visit this page: edge://flags/#edge-ask-before-closing-multiple-tabs. You can then set the flag Ask Before Closing Multiple Tabs to Enabled.

    After restarting the browser, you'll find the new option at ⋯ (Settings and more) > Settings > Appearance; turn it On to be warned before closing multiple tabs accidentally.

    You should also try to remember the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-T, which will re-open any tab you just closed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-08-20T20:04:47+00:00

    Ben,

    Before we accidently clicked the right "X" to close all Edge tabs, it would ask, "do we want to close all tabs." Now it doesn't! How stupid is that? You have something right then change it. The box in the history does not exist.

    Now I've lost what I was doing. I HATE Edge!

    Betty

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