private browser option is missing

I added an application (I forgot the name of it) that would end "private browsing" because I wasn't sure how do. Now the option in the tools pulldown disappeared... I'm stuck in private mode and can not find a way to remedy. I tried to add another app to reverse the trend, but it does not work.

What color is the Firefox button in the upper left corner of Firefox?

Purple means you're in private browsing mode and Orange means you're not.

If start private browsing , or stop private browsing will appear in the Firefox menu drop-down button (or Tools menu), you probably have the extension turn off private browsing installed. You don't see this extension in the tab of the Add-ons Manager, unless you open Firefox in Firefox SafeMode.

http://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/safe+mode

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