Firefox doesn't open to Home Page

Hello,
I upgraded to the most recent version of Firefox; now, when I open Firefox, there's just a white page instead of my Home Page. I've gone into options and made sure the correct site is listed to open to that page and made sure that "show my home page when firefox starts" is listed. everytime I start Firefox, I must reset my Home Page...everytime.
Windows 7 64 bit
Firefox 4.0.1

It is possible that there is a problem with the files [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
* Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note).
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

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