Tab close x missing

Whenever I click on a link to a website from something other than FF, the tab that opens up is missing the little "X" that allows you to close that tab. Only way to close it is to right-click on the tab and select close. This has been happening since I updated to ver. 4. I have tried not using all of my add-ons but it doesn't seem to stop the problem from happening.

While this is a very helpful response, it doesn't address my problem. I am not sure how to describe it better, but the problem is when I click on a link in a program outside of FF.
Most times when I click on a link to a site from say my email program or a shortcut on my desktop and I already have FF running with one or more tabs already open, the new link will open just fine but the little "close" x on the tab is missing and sometimes even the ones on the open tabs have gone missing also.
I have the browser.tabs.closeButtons set to 1

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