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What is the "startup cache"?

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Kulindahr
Kulindahr

The Help is recommending clearing the startup cache, but I don't know what that is so I can't decide if it's something I want to do. Is it the same place that stores all my cookies and other saved material, or is it something different? If it's different, what does it store and why would clearing it be useful?

The Help is recommending clearing the startup cache, but I don't know what that is so I can't decide if it's something I want to do. Is it the same place that stores all my cookies and other saved material, or is it something different? If it's different, what does it store and why would clearing it be useful?

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Startup cache does not contain your data nor cookies. What kind of problem do you want to solve? What do you want to achieve?

Kulindahr
Kulindahr Umnikazi wombuzo

My browser was misbehaving. One of the possible solutions offered by the troubleshooting feature was to empty the startup cache.

Paul
Paul
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Hi

What do you mean by "misbehaving'?

Can you share a link to where you were reading about "startup cache"?

Kulindahr
Kulindahr Umnikazi wombuzo

My browser's icon for "list all tabs" vanished, followed shortly by the one for "extensions".

I reinstalled Firefox to fix the issue.