Losing windows from Firefox after closing them.

I have been using Firefox instead of Chrome for a long time as with Firefox it is easier to navigate through my tabs (unlike Chrome that lumps them together -- you can't even see the title of each tab if you have say, 20 tabs) and the fact that firefox only loads tabs on demand -- which saves me a lot of lag compared to Chrome that loads all tabs when you start it.
I'm an avid online shopper so I tend to open up close to 40 tabs per session/window for shopping, and then I would have another window open to do my work. Usually, I set my settings to 'Open tabs and windows from previous session' so I can open up my first window, then go to 'Recently closed windows' to open my second. It has been working perfectly, until today when my Firefox got updated. I would completely lose my first window no matter how much 'System restore' I did on my computer. (I close my windows in the sequence of second-first so that I can opne it the same way again)
Is there a way to fix this problem? I would hate to lose my important tabs and it would be a hassle if I had to mix the two together.

Which Operating System are you using as you appear to have posted with a mobile device?
It is best to use Firefox/File > Exit if you want to preserve all open windows.
If you first close each of the other windows then only the last closed window will be reopened.
Maybe Firefox updated to 25.0.1 and that has caused this to happen (a restart with only the last window opening)

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