Firefox opens on last visited page rather than home page as instructed in Tools / Options box. Why

A few days ago without warning, when I opened Firefox the page that came up was the last one visited, no matter how long ago -- a few hours, overnight. I kept going to Tools , Options to instruct it to open with my (defined) home page. No use.
So, what gives and how do I fix it?
kvv

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once
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Your System Details List shows multiple Flash plugins.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_plugins#Identifying_installed_plugins
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