Firefox v14.0.1, WinXP, changes window order on FF restart

A similar question was asked about 4 months ago, with no confirmed answer: after a FF 14.0.1 restart (say, after a crash or when the Firefox task is terminated from Task Manager), the ORDER of the restored windows is different than it was at shutdown.
In some cases it appears the first window (the one at the bottom of the Windows taskbar display for FF windows) at restart is that which was the active window when Firefox stopped. Otherwise, the order can sometimes seem unpredictable.
(Let's say I have 5 FF windows open, each with a list of specific tabs, and assume they are shown as the taskbar in a popup as:
5
4
3
2
1
What I want is for FF to behave as it used to following a crash or restart, and PRESERVE this order, instead of transforming it to, say,
5
4
2
1
3)
Surely this should be the default behavior? If not, how I can I remedy this?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
The session information is [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.interval by default saved every 15 seconds]. The active window is saved as '''selectedWindow''' in [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Sessionstore.js sessionstore.js]. If for ex. we change the active window but Firefox is force closed before the next 15 secs the information may not be updated. Please note that this is not a technical explanation, just a thought :) One way you could check is by reducing the time of '''browser.sessionstore.interval''', change to a new Window, wait for the time to elapse and force close Firefox.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore Session Restore]
[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Session_Restore Session Restore]

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