Have lost close tab in the file tool bar options

Hi, during a download of the latest version of firefox, I seemed to lose the close tab option in the file section of the tool bar,I have done a system restore and downloaded the lastest version again but has not resolved and tried using ctrl and w but this takes me out of the window completely, appreciate any help thank you
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Some menu entries in the main menu bar are hidden if you use the mouse and only appear if you use the keyboard to open the menu (Bug 626825).
You can see the difference if you use Alt+F to open the File menu or Alt+E to open the Edit menu and compare that to what you see if you use the mouse to open the menu after you have made the menu bar visible by tapping Alt or by pressing F10.
You can close a tab with a middle click on that tab or with the close X on that tab.

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''Windows'' Method 2. Press and release the key. The Menu Bar will be displayed; then choose ~~red:V~~iew > ~~red:T~~oolbars and click on ~~red:M~~enu Bar.
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