Restart Firefox Without Re-Opening Pages

I want to restart Firefox without re-opening previous session. There are 2 items about how to do this in the support database but they are too technical for me to understand.

You should be able to, inside firefox, click on Tools, then Options. Then, you should see something like "When Firefox starts: show my pages from last time". Change that to be "My Home Page".
[[How to set the home page]]

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    *See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes Troubleshooting extensions and themes]
    *See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins Troubleshooting plugins]
    *See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting Basic Troubleshooting]
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