Firefox not saving tabs on shutdown when prompted to

Recently firefox asks do I want to save and quit, I select yes and then when I restart the computer, they are not up.

I've had this issue (or similar) several times, in FF3.6 and also 3.5 and 3.0. All the typical suggestions were no help; deleting the session, checking tabs options and about:config, private browse settings, and un-/re-installing FF. I forgot now if the specific issue was that the 'Save and Quit' dialog doesn't popup; or if it does, but 'Save and Quit' would not save the tabs for the next session. Anyway, hopefully this will help some of you.
The thing that fixed my issue (and this has occurred several times), I found in a couple obscure google searches. Instead of using the upper-right-corner 'X' to close the window; instead go to File (alt-F if you have your menu hidden) -> 'Exit'. Sounds ridiculous, I know; seems like it was related to upgrading b/t major versions (and I've seen a bunch of these posts popup relating to FF4 upgrades now). I've only done fresh installs of FF4 beta, and not seen the issue. Looks like FF4 has added a new config option: browser.showQuitWarning, that would be something else to check.
I thought I'd sent in a mozilla bug report on it, along w/ replying to a few support forum entries, but now I can't find anything relating to it.
To summarize the various things to check with this issue:
1. Check the Options -> Tabs for 'Warn me when closing multiple tab'
2. Check about:config for the above and similar entries (search for 'warn' and 'quit')
3. Check the Options -> Privacy that Private Browsing isn't enabled (or just select 'Remember History' [note-I think this selection doesn't stay; it just changes the underlying options; can be confusing]
4. Simply go to File -> Exit, instead of the upper-right corner 'X' to close
5. Un-/Re-install FF
6. Delete your sessions file [search elsewhere for details]
I'll be copying this to other forum entries...

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