Firefox crashes: Plugin-Container Issue

After the second-to-last update, I started noticing an increase in browser crashes. The issue is always that the Plugin-Container has stopped working. I understand that the plugin container's function is to prevent such problems, but it does not appear to be working. I have the latest version of Firefox, updates, etc, but that doesn't seem to be helping. Crash reports have been sent to Mozilla, but the problem is ongoing. I use my browser heavily in both standard and incognito mode for business. I've used Firefox for a long time, but if I keep losing information mid-process, I'm going to have to consider other options. If anyone has any experience with the problem or suggestions on a possible solution, that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nomenica

Tumblr.com. The way the site is set up, I don't believe it shuts down images, etc, once you've loaded and passed them. It's endless scrolling, so that could potentially be a lot of loaded data.

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Firefox crash plugin container nothing fixes it.

Tried everything including reset and disable plugins here are the crash reports, not including from today, hope you can help.
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Submitted Crash Reports
Report ID Date Submitted
bp-428ec7b4-3f4b-4dfd-8eb6-1ff6f2141009 10/8/2014 7:14 PM
5d340910-e6c1-4957-8d0b-084811e5c9b9 10/5/2014 10:39 PM
bp-44366014-5468-4024-a0e7-a466c2140926 9/25/2014 6:26 PM
c31f9135-7e5f-4f56-9a44-0df830b02c4d 9/23/2014 6:10 PM
bp-81f8dd5e-f207-4d8a-8349-c17d52140921 9/20/2014 10:21 PM
bp-4f4c0796-4db0-4f0c-85a1-775412140921 9/20/2014 9:07 PM
bp-3da0e207-0aed-4068-8888-3d1dd2140921 9/20/2014 8:35 PM
bp-48ade4c2-f40e-4e81-a959-a7c792140921 9/20/2014 8:35 PM
3f9c71b8-730e-4fae-9b96-94d16956f982 9/17/2014 11:09 PM
bp-77c732ca-8871-4e5e-a9e2-60ee52140829 8/28/2014 11:21 PM
10fa528e-a7c6-4956-93d1-e34aed89a634 8/4/2014 12:37 PM
bp-e4848478-572d-418d-86e0-344db2140804 8/3/2014 10:14 PM
af4573cd-6a4e-4c3e-bf88-2e75b44d4b00 8/3/2014 1:05 AM
bp-a4aa38bd-d54f-4c8d-8d98-3eab52140619 6/18/2014 6:00 PM
bp-7ee4f5b1-e70b-4c2f-a8ca-f3cea2140530 5/30/2014 3:52 PM
bp-6da9a81e-feca-4671-93ab-114162140529 5/29/2014 1:50 PM
bp-00f7bdf6-3bff-4867-862a-c54bb2140521 5/21/2014 2:32 PM
bp-8e7fd6b9-da97-4657-9ff0-150822140521 5/20/2014 7:53 PM
bp-cdc42438-6832-4dc4-9769-a393a2140521 5/20/2014 4:56 PM
bp-156e8967-ae57-43f9-a0d8-4cdbe2140520 5/20/2014 3:51 PM
bp-ce850a5a-e984-4fe6-bdf4-0b9422140519 5/18/2014 9:49 PM
c7e8257b-c375-40b1-893b-c1b9a52e4581 4/29/2014 8:56 PM
bp-719be85a-13fc-43ab-953d-c95a42140428 4/28/2014 2:57 PM
bp-7e1d25f1-1c09-4d90-ba21-14e272140417 4/16/2014 9:03 PM
bp-8feb4505-107c-4642-93be-433422140416 4/15/2014 4:55 PM
a1bb8d32-039f-4f0c-84de-a7bfa0df5514 9/28/2013 7:56 PM
9fbe2033-a6e5-4f8a-8de2-9c8d0e40a932 6/6/2013 12:54 PM
d5e993f1-0478-47c8-8fab-0f1ca0702fd3 5/9/2013 3:36 PM

Crashes or other problems with certain multimedia content in Firefox (such as Youtube videos and Flash animations or games) can often be resolved by performing the steps in these Knowledge Base articles:
* [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems]]
* [[Flash 11.3 crashes]]
* [[Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox]]
On Windows Vista and above, you can disable Flash protected mode by following the instructions on these pages:
* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071#TemporaryWorkaround
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Disabling_Protected_Mode_in_Flash_11.3
(See [http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html this Adobe blog post] for technical details about Flash protected mode.)
For recent updates for Adobe Shockwave Flash, please update your version to 14.
Please refer to the security updates [http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html and Adobe Security Bulletin] for more information.


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Firefox crashing---most likely related to the plugin container issue, but also unable to uninstall firefox, there is no prompt that opens when I try to.

Like many others, I've been having issues with firefox since the update. The plugin container seems to crash my browser, or freeze the whole of my computer, and I must restart. I've switched to internet explorer for now.
Moreover, now Firefox doesn't even seem to open now. I doubleclick on the icon, or try to launch the browser in any way, and it looks like it thinks about opening, but nothing ever occurs. I've watched my system processes, and firefox.exe appears for a moment, and then disappears, like its process has ended, but I've done nothing.
Additionally, I can't even seem to uninstall firefox---the uninstall setup doesn't open, and trying to do it from add/remove programs on windows xp doesn't seem to work either.
I also sometimes get an error that says windows can't find a file/path, related to a 'profile' but haven't had that for a day or so---since I can't even open firefox now.
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Hello sprytely, go for a clean re-install, this means you '''remove Firefox program files''' and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from the next full installer https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
More information about reinstalling Firefox can be found [[Troubleshoot and diagnose Firefox problems#w_5-reinstall-firefox|here]].
WARNING:Do not use a third party uninstaller as part of this process. Doing so could permanently delete your [[Profiles|Firefox profile]] data, including but not limited to, extensions, cache, cookies, bookmarks, personal settings and saved passwords. These cannot be easily recovered unless they have been backed up to an external device! See [[Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles]]. 
Thank you.

I keep getting the following message and crash - "plugin container for firefox has stopped working." How can I fix this?

Over the last few day the interent has been crashing with the following response - "plugin container for firefox has stopped working." Why and how can I fix this issue?

Same problem here. Firefox keeps freezing, sometimes for 5 minutes, then either starts working again really slowly or I get the plug-in error crash. This last time I copied what windows said about the error. This is the info:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: plugin-container.exe
Application Version: 1.9.2.3814
Application Timestamp: 4c12b3be
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Fault Module Timestamp: 49e03821
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00048b02
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: ca4b
Additional Information 2: 0db6cc4f646c2246ddf8a462e3add7af
Additional Information 3: 5b21
Additional Information 4: e5b7e758762c24b02e09abea0b4585f4
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Plugin-container issue. Works in v 3.6 but not in 12.0

So im having a issue here.
I love the 3.6.28 Firefox version as its simple and fastest for my Slow PC.
I though installed the new 12.0 version as FF decided not to support 3.6 anymore and was hugely disappointed with how slow it is.
Anyway my issue:
Ive disabled plugin container in 3.6 due to eating up my RAM.
Settings: http://kb.mozillazine.org/images/Fx366-OOPP.PNG
Installed FF 12.0 and i now suddenly i see 2x plugin container running at the same time. When i disable it again the same way i did in v 3.6 I cant play my favourite game anymore as its all grey when the game launches. Its called Quakelive.com and is runned through the web. So i went back to v 3.6.
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What i want is do disable plugin container and still be able to run flash, java etc just like the way i have in v 3.6.
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I forgot to ask you. What is your Java version? It is possible a old version of Java on your system is being blocked by Firefox because of some security risk.
So if you could could go to:
'''Tools > Add-ons > Plugins'''
And tell me what version of Java you have there. If you have more than one, tell me all of them. Thanks
Don't update your Java before letting me know what version you have first. That way I know for sure what Java version was causing your problem.
To update Java:
 http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
'''Edit:'''
 It looks like you have Java 6 update 32, which isn't old. But they also released Java SE 7 Update 4 at the same time. Supposedly Java 7 has more features/improvements. I wonder if the Quake Live people updated their Java to Java 7. Hopefully installing Java 7 works and doesn't cause a new problem.

Firefox Crashing - GDK / Flashplugin Issue???

Firefox has started to randomly crash after installing Macromedia's flash plugin 7.
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(firefox-bin:2156): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
[nesta@Bronson ~]$ /opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-1.0.4/run-mozilla.sh: line 159: 2156 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"}
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Can I close Firefox and Plugin-container with a batch file? ANSWER: Yes. SOLUTION below.

Steps to create batch file to End process tree: "Firefox.EXE"
1. create new .txt file
2. copy/paste the following: taskkill /IM firefox.exe
3. Save
4. Rename the txt file - EndFirefoxTree.bat
5. Run from desktop at any time, give it a cute icon if you'd like!.

This works well although user will need to put the .bat file in Documents and create a shortcut to desktop in order to change the icon (of the shortcut).

Plugin-container in Firefox 4; High CPU and Graphics Switching Problems and Workaround

I recently upgraded to Firefox 4, and unfortunately, I've had many problems running Firefox under OSX on my Macbook Pro.
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This would actually be acceptable if plugin-container was terminated after I navigated away from the page with the flash content, but this is not what happens. Instead, plugin-container keeps using the high-powered GPU until Firefox is closed.
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The plugin-container process was using large amounts of CPU time when flash content was visible in the Firefox window. Typically, viewing just a static flash ad would cause plugin-container to use about 60% (in addition to firefox using about 20%, that means 80% total). Obviously, this was a battery life problem.
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3. Set Firefox to 32-bit mode by getting info on Firefox.app and then checking the "Open in 32-bit mode checkbox"
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Ive downgraded from FF4 to 3.6 at this point. The CPU usage is out of control on OS X.

Would it be wise to download v3.6.3 and downgrade? (plugin-container.exe issue)

Due to Firefox loading plugin-container.exe and taking up to 40% more resources (in version 3.6.4), would it be wise to download v. 3.6.3 here: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.3/win32/en-US/ and downgrade? if so, would i need to completely uninstall 3.6.4 first? thx
== Upgrading to version 3.6.4

Because 3.6.4 had some security fixes, and you won't want to skip further fixes, there is a better option.
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*In the [[Location bar autocomplete|Location bar]], type '''about:config''' and press Enter .
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*Click I'll be careful, I promise! , to continue to the about:config page.
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Plugin-container should close when Firefox is closed otherwise cookies and active logins survive Firefox closing

plugin-container should close when Firefox is closed otherwise cookies and active logins survive Firefox closing
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== plugin-container has shipped

forget it, another Firefox process was stuck
not an issue
sorry
alb.m

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hi all - I have a similar problem with flash - basically the plugin crashes pretty much every time I am not looking at it directly (playing online games in tabs for example)
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Which is the most up to date version of FF that does not include the plugin-container ?

Hi Good People at Firefox
Firstly may I say that you have created a great product which kicked MS's ass for a long time however I'm now concerned that the latest updates are pushing my poor old desktop to the limit.
Upgraded to 4 today and the dreaded plugin container loaded yet again. On a PC with 512k memory and FF's notoriously bad memory management (i.e. it doesnt release memory when tabbed windows are closed) the plugin container is the last thing I need.
So can you tell me which is the most up to date version of FF that doesnt include the plugin-container option ? i.e. the last version of Firefox before plugin container.
I think it was version 3.?? but now I cannot revert to the previous installation to find out.
Thanks
Michael Dalton

You can disable the plugin-container in any Firefox version that uses it.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
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If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

Firefox crashes with error message: "Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working"

When I open Firefox it seems to be working fine for one minute, then everything freezes and I receive the following error message:
"Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working
--> Check online for a solution and close the program
--> Close the Program"
Neither option restores Firefox and I'm left with a frozen (white blurry Not Responding) screen. When I click on the X button, then I get the regular "Firefox is not responding" message and the whole program just shuts down.
Should I disable all plugins and / or this plugin container? How can I do that, if Firefox keeps crashing?
Basically, how can I fix this? Thanks a lot!

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I looked on my C:\ for plugin-container.exe and deleted the file as it kept slowing down my computor, however now when I load firefox it crashes, how can I re-install this plugin to disable it properly?

My computor had been overly slow which was not normal when looking at processes running in task manager I found plugin-container.exe to be using alot of memory. I looked online and found that this was an update of firefox which was not essential, I then looked on my C:\ drive for the application and deleted it hoping this would solve the problem as I could not find it when looking at my firefox plugins. However now when I open firefox it quickly crashes, how can I reinstall this? Do I need to reinstall firefox completely or is there a more simple solution? I have done the firefox plugin check and it can find no problems.

Probably the easiest way is to download Firefox again from http://www.mozilla.com and re-install it.
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