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how do I stop multiple plugin containers opening? ...

brassmonkey
brassmonkey
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Last night Firefox seemed really sluggish. When I looked at 'Task Manager' I had multiple plugin containers open [11 in total] - taking up too much memory.

It appeared that the plugins open when I'm clearing recent history.

I'm running Firefox 10.0.o2. Which is up to date. All plugins are up to date.

I've tried disabling add-ons ... with no effect. I thought 'Shockwave Flash' was the problem, but it's now happening when I have this disabled too.

Last night Firefox seemed really sluggish. When I looked at 'Task Manager' I had multiple plugin containers open [11 in total] - taking up too much memory. It appeared that the plugins open when I'm clearing recent history. I'm running Firefox 10.0.o2. Which is up to date. All plugins are up to date. I've tried disabling add-ons ... with no effect. I thought 'Shockwave Flash' was the problem, but it's now happening when I have this disabled too.

Modified by brassmonkey

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John99
John99
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This is a known bug*. It will happen whenever you clear history or cookies, hopefully the developers will fix it in the not too distant future. In the meantime you may just have to put up with a problem when history is cleared.

*Bug 633427 it has been slow progress but they have got as far as trialling a patch to fix the problem

brassmonkey
brassmonkey Question owner
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Good to know there's going to be a fix for this issue sometime soon.

Thanks for the info ... much apprecitated.