Help - when I open Firefox 4 it opens lots of tabs I haven't used recently, not the ones I saved!

After I downloaded and installed Firefox 4 when I open it, it opens tabs I haven't used in months, but not the tabs I saved!
Thank you for any help in fixing this.

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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