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
    2021-08-07T13:46:06+00:00

    OK, folks. Let's get real.

    If you are with Microsoft, or on the EDGE team..., all the suggestions here miss the point.

    The "simplicity" with which Google Chrome has solved this issue for MULTIPLE browser windows is absolutely missing in Microsoft Edge. Duh..., Why hasn't anyone from Microsoft support admitted to this horrible flaw, and omission?

    While the question posed is good, and clear, the issue is that there's no way to restore previous tabs in one click, after a reboot. OR AFTER ANY CLOSE of a Browser window -- AND it is a critical need to do so for MULTIPLE Edge windows each with their own set of TAB configurations.

    And NO, we don't want to have to SAVE a tab configuration them every time we open or close a tab..., why? because they are dynamic in today's cloud-based work environment..., AND, because EDGE (apparently) is flawed, and DOES NOT SAVE THE LAST TAB CONFIGURATION in a dynamic "save" list of the current set of tabs.

    OK, we all know it's built on Google's Chromium. And, well, the simple investigation that the Microsoft Support people here have not done is to compare it to Chrome..., which, by the way, is why we are asking for this problem to be solved..., That is to say, it IS SOLVED IN GOOGLE CHROME.

    HERE is what people are asking for: Screen shot below of Chrome's "last tabs" option in History from the same three dot menu in the upper right of the browser window. Google Chrome, upon exit or termination, in this case/example has always already saved the 5 tabs and 3 tabs of TWO CHROME BROWSER WINDOWS/SESSIONS..., If the example had 3 windows open, it would have offered that restore as well. All the user has to do is click "5 tabs" and a new browser window opens with precisely what was in the tabs before the browser window was closed (by accidentally clicking the red "X" of the browser window, or a reboot after update or for ANY reason).

    Google Chrome got it right, EDGE FAILES TO DO THIS..., so ALL attempts to restore require tab by tab reopening..., tedious-yes, ridiculous-yes, poor design and lack of looking at how people actually work and use the browser? YES!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-24T19:55:17+00:00

    I tried resetting the tabs to reopen as you suggest. After my computer did another update, it closed all the open tabs and did not offer to restore. I used to get a prompt to restore the recently opened tabs.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-19T12:01:03+00:00

    Hi, did you see my questions about your method?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-08T11:45:32+00:00

    Hello, thanks for the info. I wonder if this process will also restore Edge History and each tabs previous URL (accessed with clicking back arrow repeatedly). And not just restore the currently opened URL for each tab? Also, does it fully restore if there are more than one Edge window of tabs?

    My plan is to fresh install Win10 and then import the previous Win10 install's Edge instance... Do you follow my question/goal?

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-03T07:26:04+00:00

    Thanks for the additional info! Hope it's helpful on down the line.

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