Restore tabs from .js file

I got tangled in the tabs manager and closed it... closing all my tabs. I have located js files "recovery.js"; "recovery.bak" and "previous.js". I copied the last session that I wanted to restore and renamed the file for the three types of files previously mentioned. I put the 3 new files in profile folder after I had logged out of Firefox. The previous session I was looking for was not restored.
I had had "restore previous session" checked but removed that designation before restarting. If I do "about:sessionrestore " it says there is nothing to restore, although the three files (recovery bak and js plus previous js) are in profile folder. Please advise.
Thank you

Thank you for your reply. I changed the name of the promising file (which has the desired yesterday's date on it) to sessionstore.js but the newer session of tabs opened. I think the old file is still ok but just not being opened.
It seems as if Firefox does not want to open that file. (It was not in the folder before... as i said, just *.bak and the 2 js files ("recover" and "previous").
I opened Firefox after the file had been renamed to sessionstore and got homepage. Then I went to History and Restore session. Is there another way to get Firefox to open sessionstore.js file?
Should I only have the desired sessionstore.js file in the sessionstorebackups folder? Could that be the problem (I have other files that have been renamed in it but don't think Firefox would open them?)
Thanks again.

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