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closing tabs but task manager still has them open

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martin001
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I will open a few tabs, then close some then open more , then everything slows down, I go to task manager and see that many tasks are still open under Firefox

I want tabs to close ( end process) when I close them

So now I manually 'end process' and the machine resumes speed

How do I get firefox to End Process when tabs are closed

this is w 8.1, don't know what version of firefox, pretty recent

this is firefox mozilla, as best I understand, not that I know why these two are always paired

tx

I will open a few tabs, then close some then open more , then everything slows down, I go to task manager and see that many tasks are still open under Firefox I want tabs to close ( end process) when I close them So now I manually 'end process' and the machine resumes speed How do I get firefox to End Process when tabs are closed this is w 8.1, don't know what version of firefox, pretty recent this is firefox mozilla, as best I understand, not that I know why these two are always paired tx

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Terry
Terry
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I am experiencing high RAM use and slowness on some sites. I usually have to wait a few seconds after closing a troublesome tab. Firefox also has a tool called Task Manager; it my help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/task-manager-tabs-or-extensions-are-slowing-firefox