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When Firefox crashes (I've tried all of the suggestions, the box "Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working" comes up twice as if two containers are runn

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When Firefox crashes (I've tried all the suggestions, even doubling my system memory) the box telling me that the Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working and asks me to close it, comes up twice as if two containers are running at the same time. Is this what is causing Firefox to crash? Conflict between two containers running? I am getting sick of Firefox crashing every time I open up a window or click on a link that requires the use of Flash or the sort.

When Firefox crashes (I've tried all the suggestions, even doubling my system memory) the box telling me that the Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working and asks me to close it, comes up twice as if two containers are running at the same time. Is this what is causing Firefox to crash? Conflict between two containers running? I am getting sick of Firefox crashing every time I open up a window or click on a link that requires the use of Flash or the sort.

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We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

  1. Enter about:crashes in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent Report IDs that start with bp- and then go back to your forum question and paste that into the "Post a Reply" box. (Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the ID's. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like)

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Thank you for your help!

More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

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If you haven't already, try disabling the protected mode feature added in Flash 11.3. It has security benefits, but is not compatible with all systems for some reason.

You can do that by creating or editing a settings file. The following pages/posts provide different approaches:

Flash needs to completely unload from memory (exiting and starting Firefox up again might help) before this takes effect.