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Is there a permanent way to delete Parent Lock from Firefox?

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fhz48
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Everytime I bring up my computer I have to delete "Parent Lock" so if Firefox crashes I can restart Firefox without restarting my computer

Everytime I bring up my computer I have to delete "Parent Lock" so if Firefox crashes I can restart Firefox without restarting my computer

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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No, there isn't.

cor-el
cor-el
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There shouldn't be a need to delete the parent.lock file as the time stamp of this file is used to check for a failed startup.

See also:

Bug 294260 - Safe Mode: Auto detect previous start-up failure and offer to start in safe mode