Firefox not opening a private browsing window instead getting another normal browsing window

I went through the forum question and found answers and tried that but it does not seem to resolve the problem.
Tried the steps given before that doesn't resolve it
tried uninstall completely and reinstall with new setup , still not getting the private browsing
current software config:
Windows 7 32 bit
with Firefox 31 version
Thanks for your help .

Hello Philip,
You are right about the setting and your solution is working but given the option of setting to never remember history and then defaulting to private browsing mode is not given as a note to user while this option is selected,seems to me as a user experience hiderring issue.
However , I have found out that we can still will be able to open in private browsing mode for window 7 OS system by using ''right click option on pinned firefox from the taskbar is still able to launch the firefox in the private browsing mode.''
Please try it, its working even when we have set set firefox to "never remember history" in the options>privacy panel
Thanks philip for sharing your valuable findings for better firefox browsing experience

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