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Dirki
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Is there a method to completely restart Firefox with a single click / shortut? So that all of the memory it used will be freed? That all processes of Firefox will be restarted?
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Re: Is there a method to completely restart Firefox with a s

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Bookmark the about:profiles page and then pin it. Single click its 'Restart Normally' button.
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For two clicks, bookmark about:profiles, it has a "restart normally" button on the right.
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Sorry, I cannot find that button, where exactly is it?
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In a new, blank tab, type "about:profiles" (NO quotes.)
Continue on with what has been posted.
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Ah, very sorry, I brainlessly confused that with about:config.

It's a pity, one cannot pin that restart button somewhere.
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- newest stable portable Firefox (not beta)
- newest stable portable Thunderbird (not beta)
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