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Internet Explorer - Reopen last close tab

If you closed by mistake some or all of the tabs in the IE9 browser, note that they can easily be restored Here are the steps.

Open Internet Explorer and enable the display of the command bar. To do this, right click on the tab bar and select the Command Bar.
Click on Tools> Reopen Last Browsing Session

All tabs of browser used at the last session will be reactivated. Unless you has deleted the browsing history and deleted all temporary Internet files.