Firefox Opens the Last Page I Viewed Instead of My Home Page

I have tried more than one solution found in your forums. Nothing has worked so far. I've put text from the solutions I've tried in the Troubleshooting Information box below.

I have had this problem a few times and came across a solution that worked for me these are the steps i tried before it worked.
I'm using FireFox 4.
1. Go to Tools then options.
2. I went to general and tried Restoring to Default that didnt work so then Cleared the History and that still didnt work.
3. I then went to Pivacy and under History select FireFox will: Never Remember History.
4. Close browser and it went back to my Home Page. I then went back to Tools, Options, Privacy and set FireFox back to FireFox will: Remeber History again and it worked.
Hope this helps :)

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