On 12/16/12 9:28 PM, cmcadams wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> Windows XP SP3 >> SeaMonkey 2.14.1 >> >> Sometimes, SeaMonkey crashes. Sometimes, it freezes and I have to use >> the Windows Task Manager to force a termination. Often, the problem is >> a Web page's bad use of JavaScript. >> >> Usually, when I restart SeaMonkey, it's back at the same point -- the >> same Web page and all the other tabs I might have opened -- where the >> problem occurred. This means I have the same problem again. >> >> Is there some way to restart SeaMonkey as if none of this happened, with >> a single tab at my specified home page? >> > > My inspiration wasn't crashes but (rare) web pages that refuse to let you go. > Killing > the browser in Task Manager and restarting would only take me straight back. > I came > up with 2 methods that might work in your case: > > 1) Change the setting for browser.sessionstore.interval in SM's about:config > to some > longer interval. Reference: > > http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/09/change-the-session-store-interval-in-firefox/ > > Resetting the interval to several minutes increases the chances that SM will > restore > tabs to before the crash, assuming that it uses the last session store (and > doesn't > create a new one immediately after a crash). > > -OR- > > 2) After killing SM, start a command prompt and type "ipconfig /release" to > zero out > your ip numbers. Restart SM and kill the offending tab(s) or type or click on > a known > good address before typing "ipconfig /renew" at the prompt. >
If SeaMonkey is not frozen, I am able to leave Web pages that refuse to let me go by disabling JavaScript. With PrefBar installed, I have a checkbox to do that. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
