Personally, this is my favorite setting because it lets me easily shut down my computer without much of what I’m doing. If you set On startup to Reopen the pages that were open last Chrome will always re-open your browser just as it was when you closed it. Since you’re reading this page, this is likely the setting you are looking for. Now at this point, there are a few different options to set startup to. In Chrome, click the Wrench (menu) button at the top-right corner of the browser. But, with the right setting for Chrome startup pages -this shouldn’t be a problem anymore. When the computer boots back up, the tabs aren’t in the recent list. Chrome itself is rather stable, and if you close it manually you can always reopen your tabs from the New Tab page under “Recently closed.” My problem usually occurs when I put my Laptop to sleep and it doesn’t wake up properly. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had 12-20 work-related tabs open, only to lose all of them from an accidental close or crash.