How do I restore previous session one time only.

I closed Firefox by mistake.
I reopened it, hoping to Restore Previous Session.
Unlike other browsers, I found no easy link nor mention in any of the dropdowns from the menu on top left.
I went to the Archives, but none of the solutions worked:
1) I do not want it to auto restore the previous session, I only want it to do it this one time.
2) None of the things mentioned to click on in the help articles exist in this version of Firefox.

Go to [http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config About:config] find (type in the bar) [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once] and change it to TRUE (by double-click on it).
see for more info : [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore#Restoring_a_session_once Restoring a session once]
thank you
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Your question was:
<blockquote> I had Sync on at all times, would this help? This pc is my only synced device, though. </blockquote>
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<b>EDIT: Forgot Firefox didn't crash but force closed.</b>

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