I want firefox to always open in a new session.

I have the setting on the general options screen for Firefox to open my home page when it starts. I would like it to do this. If I wanted it to open my previous session I would use that setting. When Firefox crashes it does this anyways. Apparently my web browser thinks that it is smarter then me. This is a problem. I've tried to have words with it but it is apparently not smart enough to make this possible. This makes the problem worse.
Even when Firefox crashes I do NOT want it to open my previous session automatically. How do I turn this feature off? If I want my previous session restored even after I crash, I am still capable of doing so through the history menu. I have Firefox 27.0.1.

We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.
#Enter ''about:crashes'' in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
#Copy the '''5''' most recent Report IDs that start with '''bp-''' and paste them into your response here.
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Thank you for your help!
More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the [[Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes]] article.

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