My firefox historying is gone after desktop restart

hi all,sorry to bother yous but for some reason when ever i restart my pc it clears my firefox history.I have firefox on "remember history".I even turned my pc on,googled a few times,then restarted and it was gone,so it carnt be any cleaner programs etc.Im the only one who uses my pc so i like my history stay incase i carnt find a page iv been on before etc.Whys this happening?

Make sure that you do not use "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear the Browsing History.
*Tools > Options > Privacy: History: [X] Clear history when Firefox closes > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
If you use cleanup software like CCleaner then check the settings for the Firefox application.

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Err MSG Firefox already running even after uninstall & restart, incl x64 version on Win 7x54. Nothing running in Task Manager.

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Firefox will not start after I restart my computer.

I can close firefox and restart the program just fine as long as I don't shut down my computer. If I open the profile manager, I can change profiles and this fixes it but this is only a temporary fix.
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Stack Trace:
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Thank you cor-el, the newly created profile works smoothly, no problems as of yet.
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