How do I prevent Firefox from opening all tabs in seperater windows?

Every single time I open Firefox it not only opens all of my previous tabs in one window but it also opens each and every one of them is it's own separate window. As I normally work with over 60 tabs it takes several minutes for them to complete opening and is a pain. Anyone who knows how to control this please help. I've checked all of the existing issues and find it surprising I'm the only one reporting this problem.

It is possible that there is a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
Delete the files sessionstore.js [2] and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
* Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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.
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note or bookmark them).
See also:
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
* [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js

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