What happened to my "Close Tab" button?

All of a sudden I can no longer close a Firefox window by using the "Close Tab" button normally found under the File menu in the task bar. It just seems to have disappeared! If I have 2 windows open at the same time, I can't close just one of them. Instead, the only option I now have is to use the CLOSE button (red X), which then immediately closes BOTH my windows! Very annoying.

press '''CTRL + W''' to '''Close One Tab'''

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