Must repeatedly reset Firefox when updating script in Netbeans

Using Firefox 27.0.1, Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1, Netbeans 7.4, XAMPP 3.2.1 (also happens on
another laptop with Windows 8.
When updating or writing an HTML script in Netbeans, the changes (while they show up in the script) do not execute when I run the script. If I reset Firefox and restart my script the changes are executed. I have noticed also when I change the script and enter Firebug (debugger), the script is not changed. Again, resetting Firefox and reloading Firebug causes the script changes to execute.
This is a random problem and occurs with complex, or even simple, script changes.

Thank you. The locations should solve my problem.
To clarify. I'm trying to get this working on a headless linux system running under a restricted user account.
While there are many great things available in the firefox UI for managing profiles, being able to do the equivalent actions via simple CLI actions or options (e.g., firefox --reset-profile ) would greatly simplify my life.
Without a CLI (or the storage locations of these settings -- thank you!), I can't reliably restore my automated build environment to a pristine state -- and I wanted to avoid writing a screen scraping tool to wrap and control firefox's profile manager to find and click the Reset Firefox button. Just seemed too meta...

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