Firefox opens 4 windows on start

Every time I open Firefox now, it launches with 4 windows. One is a normal window (showing the site I was on last), and 3 are blank windows with double title bars and an orange Firefox tab. I can't see what's causing this, or how to correct it..?

You can check:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
This can be a problem with the file [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]
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.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

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