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Plugin container for firefox uses 400mb of ram

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Plugin container for firefox uses 400mb of ram. All plugins are disabled & no add- ons installed (clean install)

Plugin container for firefox uses 400mb of ram. All plugins are disabled & no add- ons installed (clean install)

Modified by Fertig53

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Not sure why, but all of a sudden that process has ceased to start. So problem solved itself

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That's good to hear. Please flag your last post as Solved Problem so others will know.