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Hi I have come across this issue when I submitted a new plugin for review. This plugin is adds a new LAF. Since it switches the LAF from Synth to Metal, there is no easy way to do it properly without application restart. Steps to reproduce: http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/40985/ez-on-da-ice Install ez-on-da-ice plugin Restart at the prompt. Deactivate the plugin from Tools | plugins | installed. Restart at the prompt. Activate the plugin again from Tools | Plugins | Installed. There is no prompt for restart. This the LAF is partially rendered. Plugin's uses Maven for building and declares requireRestart to true in the module descriptor. After looking through the documentation, I found that there is currently no easy way to enforce this. So, putting forth this request to add the ability to request restart on plugin activation. Thanks Sincerely Venkat Akkineni
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 206516 ***
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