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is plugin-container.exe realy neccary? couldn't you go back to what it was before?

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I have lot's of issues with plugin-container.exe when I'm playing games on Facebook and go to watch a video on Youtube. while watching a video on Youtube all flashplayer programs will shut down causing me to reload the games and videos witch uses unnecessary bandwidth. my question is, is plugin-container.exe realy neccary? couldn't you go back to what it was before?

I have lot's of issues with plugin-container.exe when I'm playing games on Facebook and go to watch a video on Youtube. while watching a video on Youtube all flashplayer programs will shut down causing me to reload the games and videos witch uses unnecessary bandwidth. my question is, is plugin-container.exe realy neccary? couldn't you go back to what it was before?

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If you do not want it you can turn it off, see the section on "Disabling crash protection" at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins