Multiple instances of "plugin container" running

I have consistently had up to five instances of plugin container running in the background...
* Windows Vista 32 bit build Ver 6.0 SP 2
* Firefox 4.0x
So far nothing can be attributed to web browsing behavior.
Thanks

There is a known issue where multiple instances of plugin container open if history or cookies are cleared. Are you, or some utility clearing firefox cookies or history, that could be the reason. This problem continues even if plugins are disabled in Firefox.
*Are you opening multiple instances of Flash Player ?
* Is the problem reproducible ? for instance does it always crash the plugin or cause it to hang if you use a particular site ?
If you get the FlashPlayer plugin crashing use the option to submit the crash reports, it is then possible to follow them up. It is possible to stop the plugincontainer opening, but that could result in a firefox crash. Of course the firefox crash can also send crash reports out, and that could be useful.
* see [[plugin crash reports]]
* [[what is plugin-container]]
* [[firefox crashes]]
There are some problems with FlashPlayer currently under investigation, and there may be other threads in the forum about problems. (e.g. Bug 561019 - Plugin waveOutOpen hangs )
Sometimes using Firefox 3.6 is a workaround that helps with FlashPlayer problems, if you wish to experiment with that consider installing firefox Portable and using Firefox 3.6.23 (or soon 3.6.24) for tests with flash player, whilst keeping firefox 7 for day to day browsing.
* [[http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/localization#legacy36]]

Similar Messages

I want to separate Flash players into multiple instances of plugin-container.exe

Let's say I'm watching a video online and I feel like playing a Flash game while watching it. Let's also assume that this Flash game, like many others, has no volume options and is obnoxiously loud, drowning out the video.
All running Flash players (even between separate windows of Firefox) share the same process, so if I try to drop the volume of the game in Windows 7, it drops the volume of the video as well.
Is there some way to get firefox to load Flash players into separate process so that Windows can give me volume control over each? Perhaps there is an addon that does this?
P.S. I tried the -no-remote command line option on Firefox, but it turns out that each instance of firefox.exe requires a separate profile (which is an issue if the game uses cookies). I'd rather be able to get one instance of firefox.exe to use multiple instances of plugin-container.exe.

Let's say I'm watching a video online and I feel like playing a Flash game while watching it. Let's also assume that this Flash game, like many others, has no volume options and is obnoxiously loud, drowning out the video.
All running Flash players (even between separate windows of Firefox) share the same process, so if I try to drop the volume of the game in Windows 7, it drops the volume of the video as well.
Is there some way to get firefox to load Flash players into separate process so that Windows can give me volume control over each? Perhaps there is an addon that does this?
P.S. I tried the -no-remote command line option on Firefox, but it turns out that each instance of firefox.exe requires a separate profile (which is an issue if the game uses cookies). I'd rather be able to get one instance of firefox.exe to use multiple instances of plugin-container.exe.

Multiple instances of plugin-container

Hello,
Whenever I start FF 4, I get well counted 23 instances of plugin-container.exe! This is since I upgraded to FF4. Here is how it exactly goes:
I double-click on firefox.exe; I get to the startpage (the FF-google startpage); I go to taskmanager and count alot(!) of plugin-container.exe
When I browse, it's not really slow, but when I get to a youtube video or something with flash FF really slows down mij whole pc.
Then I manually close all exe's and just browse on. It says "plugin crashed", but that's no problem because Ff will start a new one.
I have winXP prof service pack 3
Thanks alot!

Hello,
Whenever I start FF 4, I get well counted 23 instances of plugin-container.exe! This is since I upgraded to FF4. Here is how it exactly goes:
I double-click on firefox.exe; I get to the startpage (the FF-google startpage); I go to taskmanager and count alot(!) of plugin-container.exe
When I browse, it's not really slow, but when I get to a youtube video or something with flash FF really slows down mij whole pc.
Then I manually close all exe's and just browse on. It says "plugin crashed", but that's no problem because Ff will start a new one.
I have winXP prof service pack 3
Thanks alot!

Firfox slowing way down or hanging and task manager has multiple sessions of "plugin-container.exe *32" running.

I'm running Win 7, Firefox 10.0.2 and all my plug-ins are up to date. I'm having issues with Firfox slowing way down or hanging, let say like when going to Youtube or site that just has a picture that uses Flash. I go to task manager and have multiple sessions of “plugin-container.exe *32" running at anywhere from 2,000k to over 300,000k (only one at the larger amount and most at 2m to 8m). I have to kill the multiple processes to get it running right again.

Hi kb11,
Have you looked at our [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-or-takes-too-long-start performance troubleshooting section]? There is a lot of good information in there that should help.
Hopefully this helps!

Numerous instances of "plugin-container.exe" causes crash.

Viewing pages that use plugins such as Flash or the Adobe Reader plugin open new instances of "plugin-container.exe" in the processes. The problem is that each of these instances continues to run after the page using the plugin has been closed or navigated away from causing large drain on system memory. They can be shut down manually from Task Manager but this shouldn't happen in the first place. I have since downgraded from Beta 12 to Beta 11 where this does not happen.
See here: http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss298/mfarquhar1/Capture-1.png

Viewing pages that use plugins such as Flash or the Adobe Reader plugin open new instances of "plugin-container.exe" in the processes. The problem is that each of these instances continues to run after the page using the plugin has been closed or navigated away from causing large drain on system memory. They can be shut down manually from Task Manager but this shouldn't happen in the first place. I have since downgraded from Beta 12 to Beta 11 where this does not happen.
See here: http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss298/mfarquhar1/Capture-1.png

I have two instances of plugin container shown running in Task Manager. Is one malware of some sort?

No crashes to report. Windows 7 64 bit; Firefox 3.6.10; Previously have battled the two instances of Firefox running and finally beat it back after multiple virus scans by multiple AV products. Now I have two instances of the plugin container shown.
Googled with out success and finding anything.

No crashes to report. Windows 7 64 bit; Firefox 3.6.10; Previously have battled the two instances of Firefox running and finally beat it back after multiple virus scans by multiple AV products. Now I have two instances of the plugin container shown.
Googled with out success and finding anything.

Multiple instances of explorer.exe running in task manager

I got a dropper trojan virus on my computer that microsoft security essencials do not recognized but after running "superantispyware" antivirus I got discover it and delete it. After that, I still could find the infected files in my
administrator folders as .temp files and I just erased them. After that my computer started crashing and runing several instances of explorer.exe in the task manager with different memory values, some of them ascending to 350,000. I have set up my computer
to run just the basic services, I have tried windows in safe mode, ran other antivirus programs but still it is performing the same. As far as I have noticed other unusual process present are host.dll, dllhost.exe, and logonUI.exe. Any idea about it? Thanks
in advance for your help.

I have the same issue. It started about a month ago when I was filling out a form online and had to quit and close the window. My system got very buggy (can't remember details), flashing, then really slow. Found a bunch of explorer.exe instances
in Task Manager. Ran Security Essentials and several other anti-viruses, nothing found.
Running Win7 Pro, sp1, 64-bit, CoreI5, 4Gb Ram
Restored system to a previous version, didn't work
Restored last system image, didn't work
Used System Repair Disk - ran Memory Diagnostic. Said it would give me report after reboot. Never saw a report after reboot. But only one instance of explorer.exe in task manager at that point. Took disk out, rebooted normally. After
20 minutes or so, the multiple instances were back.
Used Repair Disk again, ran Memory Diagnostic. Again, no report after reboot (leaving disk in machine both times), but only one instance running again.
Did this a few times with the same result, so now leaving disk in system and always boot from it.
Ran Security Essentials again, found that rovnix virus, removed, ran again, found it again.
Ran search for instances and found many. Here's an example:
C:\Windows\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\winsxs\wow64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_b9fc4815c4e292b5
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21669_none_b0333b22a99da332
C:\Windows\winsxs\wow64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21669_none_ba87e574ddfe652d
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
When I check properties on the now single one on Task Manager, this is what it shows:
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\explorer.exe
I was going to reinstall entire system, but was from an Anytime Upgrade which now says it's invalid. Much more to story on that (calls to MS support, etc.).

Everytime I use YouTube a new instance of plugin container opens so I end up with many open plugin containers soaking up memory

every time I view Flash videos on YouTube a separate instance of the plug-in container opens. I have ended up with 12 or more open using more and more resources. Should this be this way?

What problems have you been having with the 11 version flash? Adobe just recently released 11.3, I'd suggest you update to that and give it a try.
As for if plugin container is using too much RAM, it depends on what you think are "general websites". Is this flash ad heavy pages, youtube, etc. Or simple all text pages?
You can try to reset Firefox and see if that helps at all. [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]].
Also make sure you have all Windows updates, updated your graphics driver, etc.

Multiple instances of jrun.exe running?

Is it common for there to be more than one instance of
jrun.exe running in a non-clustered installation of CF7? There have
been episodes where jrun.exe seems to get taxed on moderately size
queries. After looking at Task Manager on Win2K3 server - there are
sometimes 3 or 4 instances of jrun.exe running. The first instance
is usually very high (ex. 450 MB) while the other instance(s) hover
around the 10-15 MB mark and remain constant. Does this sound like
an issue that can be controlled by CFAdmin or are there issues with
our configuration:
Win2K3 Server (VMWare instance)
CF7.01 (yes we know it needs a patch)
512 MB RAM
Any thoughts on this is appreciated.
Thanks.

> Is it common for there to be more than one instance of
jrun.exe running in a
> non-clustered installation of CF7?
Yes.
A multi-server install (not a clustered) of CF could well
have one instance
of JRUN.EXE running for each CF instance. There's usually at
least two: one
for the initial CF instance, and one for the JMC. You can
switch the JMC
one off (starting it on the off-chance you need it, which is
almost never).
> The first instance is usually very high (ex. 450 MB)
while the other
That's not especially high for a CF app server. We generally
allocate the
max 1.3GB (on Windows) to the JVM that each CF instance is
using.
> 512 MB RAM
OK, that's not even enough RAM for a PC workstation these
days, let alone a
server! W2k3 itself needs around a minimum of 400MB to run.
The default
install of CF will want another 512MB.
I would not run a desktop PC on less than 2GB RAM these days.
And make
that 4GB for a server. A low-spec'ed one.
Adam

When I close Firefox 4.0 RC2, I have four or more instances of "plugin-container.exe" spawn before Firefox (and all of the spawned processes) close. Is this normal/intended behavior?

These processes seem to be independent of the normal plugin-container process spawned for Flash.

Probably the easiest way is to download Firefox again from http://www.mozilla.com and re-install it.
If you want to disable plugin-container, see the section on "Disabling crash protection" at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins

Why does Plugin Container run twice or rev and hang things up?

For almost 6 months I've had nothing but problems with Firefox's plug-in container. Almost every time I try to play a game (especially on Facebook) everything starts hanging, my computer starts revving, and when I go to Windows task mgr there are TWO instances of PIC running! I have to either end them or manually end FF. Maybe a coincidence, but it seems to coincide, at times, with unresponsive scripts. I've had a close fried of mine (a very skilled and experienced tech) working on it, but can't seem to get @ the root of the problem. I can't find a solution here or anywhere else, and am starting to consider offering a reward to the person who fixes it. It's a '''ROYAL''' pain!

For almost 6 months I've had nothing but problems with Firefox's plug-in container. Almost every time I try to play a game (especially on Facebook) everything starts hanging, my computer starts revving, and when I go to Windows task mgr there are TWO instances of PIC running! I have to either end them or manually end FF. Maybe a coincidence, but it seems to coincide, at times, with unresponsive scripts. I've had a close fried of mine (a very skilled and experienced tech) working on it, but can't seem to get @ the root of the problem. I can't find a solution here or anywhere else, and am starting to consider offering a reward to the person who fixes it. It's a '''ROYAL''' pain!

Multiple instance of Sql server running for Analyzer 7.0 install

Hi,I do have a Sql server instance where the server name is: abc\xyz. Will analyzer accetp a '\' as the server name. This instance of Sql server is not running is not running on the std port 1433. Let me know if there will be any issues whrn installing Analyzer 7.0.Thanks,

There can only be a single default instance and multiple named instances.
BOL: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143547.aspx
Kalman Toth Database & OLAP Architect
SELECT Video Tutorials 4 Hours
New Book / Kindle: Exam 70-461 Bootcamp: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Is it possible to have multiple "Instances" of iTunes installed/running?

I have a situation where it would be useful to have multiple iTunes libraries open at the same time. I use Libra 2 to manage my many libraries, but I find it can be a pain to switch back and forth between libraries.
Has anyone out there found a way to have more than one library open at the same time?
What I would like to see on my screen is "Library 1" open, "Library 2" open, etc.. all on the same computer.

You can open a second or subsequent copy of iTunes by opening the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and running the following:
/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
(25618)

Sometimes a plugin-container.exe instance starts hogging a ton of memory -- I would like to know which plugin is running inside that plugin-container without having to one-by-one disable the plugins. Which process called plugin-container.exe?

As described above, I have several instances of plugin-container.exe running, which is OK. It would make me feel safer to know which plugins are running inside each of these, since I would be better able to know whether there is malware running inside one of them, or which website might have made the process start hogging memory.
I am a power user, I usually have 80-100 tabs open, and of course it is hard to track the website or plugin down without having to waste a lot of time.
Could you provide in future releases this information?
Is it already available under one of the about: pages (e.g. config, plugins, memory, etc?)

Thanks Efreak! 
Maybe I was not clear. I usually have 4-5 plugin-container.exe processes running. I know now that the large one that hogs is the Adobe Flash player, but, for example I don't know which plug-in initiated the other plugin-container.exe instances. 
One of them actually says "googletalkplugin.exe" if you dig deep, which is OK. At least I know why the plugin-container.exe was started. But there are other instances that are just there and there is no way to figure out which plug-in initiated it. 
This would of course also help figure out if it is really the Adobe Flash plug in that is hogging all the memory, OR even if within Firefox in the about: pages one could figure out which TABS are using which plug-ins.
Like that you could freely choose to terminate the process directly, or close the TAB. 
1) What I am looking for is a way to determine which plug-in is running under which instance of plugin-container.exe 
2) Additionally it would be great to have a summary of which TABS are using which plugins (e.g. in the about:plugins page or yet another about: page)
 
Thank you

Is running multiple instances of a class ok?

hi guys,
is it ok to have more than one instance of a class running?
I have a console app that processes requests which have been saved in a db. this app does not need multithreading - but sometimes i may need to have multiple instances of the app running :-
1) when there are too many requests in the db,
2) or when i want to start another instance of the app to handle only specific duties.
i mean this:
i start my app:
java myApp
(the app is started once and does not stop for very long - heavy computing involved)
then when i need another task to compute another task i start another instance (maybe with an option "specificDutyName" :
java myApp specificDutyName
Is this ok? no memory issues may arise?

I think i am not able to follow your problem...
when i do a java <AppName> <Any arguments/may be nothing>
in reality I am starting off a JVM.
If I do java <AppName> <Any arguments/may be nothing> again.... i would be starting of another JVM altogether..
You may see two java.exe processes running in the task manager.. in case of a windows box.
In such case if you may want to talk between applications running on two JVM's on the same machine.. you may need to resort to techniques like RMI and such...
I dont think your requirement is so.. and this should be satisfied with simple multi-threading concepts.. you may start of a deamon thread that would keep on listening to a particular set of inputs.. which triggers of your new code path..
Hope it makes sense..
Vaibhav

Multiple instances of "plugin container" running

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for