Plugin container duplicates and ID

When I close Firefox and look at the Process explorer screen at first I see only one or two plugin containers. Then suddenly I see the plugin-containers start to duplicate and continue to duplicate until over 10 display and then turn red one by one and disappear. I believe these are hidden plugin-containers. I want to be able to unhide all things on my PC and will cease to use Firefox if you continue to program in secret monitoring code. I don't need to be monitored. I don't visit questionable web sites and if someone said I do they are a lier. Please explain these occurrences of plugin container. Also you should program plugin-containers to say what they are like flash or silverlite etc. No need for the mystery and hidden anything.

"''One may argue that Microsoft should re-write the Silverlight plugin so that it works better with the new FF component, but I fear this is wishful thinking. ''"
Well, plugins are made for the browser, not the other way around... I don't know what else to say beyond that.
"''I haven't filed a bug with Mozilla for the same reason: this does not appear to be a common problem, it's more specific to our app, so the important question still stands: how do I dig deeper and try to find out what's wrong with the interaction between our particular code and Plugin-Container.exe?''"
Well, to get in touch with the developers and wanna-be developers, you need to file a bug at bugzilla. Even if you're not sure it's a bug (hundreds of fake bugs are filed everyday, and they are duly ignored or tagged as WONTFIX), filing a bug is the only effective way to tell the developing community about something. If you want to get your hands dirty, you can check Firefox's source code [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Download_Mozilla_Source_Code here], but I think that will require a level of programming knowledge most people lack. Of course, you can't check the source code for Silverlight, because it's closed source, so, again, you may need to either ask Microsoft for help, or expect them to fix the issue, or contact Mozilla (filing a bug themselves, as sometimes happens) with technical information that is not disclosed at the moment.
At the end of the day, it's not really important, from what I understand, to make the app work on your end: it's important to make sure the app works on everyone's end. So looking for a local fix (such as downgrading or disabling plugin isolation) is a bit irrelevant. Still, there are ways to do that, if you want to know...

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May i know what is plugin-container.exe and why it need internet access , noticed that it started only when i visit any website has Flash containt ? is it adobe flash player plugin ? is it safe to use ?

May i know what is Plugin-container,exe and why it need internet access ? noticed that it starts only when visit any website has flash containt on webpage . is this adobe flash player plugin ? is it safe to use ?

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins

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.
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

Ended process plugin-container.exe and now it refuses to run again

OK WELL plugin-container.exe was using 95% cpu and i basically could not do anything, so i ended the process.
i figured it would run again when i reopened firefox but as you can see this wasn't the case.
So well, now i'm trying to figure out how to get it to work again since i can't even go on youtube without it apparently haha.
I've tried restarting firefox, my computer, manually running it, and uninstalling and reinstalling firefox :/ and nothing is working.
Not sure what to do?

Make sure that your firewall doesn't block the plugin-container precess.
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins

I have two things attached to my firefox browser which I cannot get rid of. Plugin-container.exe and a tool bar called MywebSearch. How do I get rid of these things?

The tool bar called MyWebSearch has replaced the Mozilla Firefox start page which is Google. I want to remove it. The Plugin-container.exe is something that I do not know about.
Thank you.
Bernard Moses

plugin-container.exe is an integral part of Firefox, for details on it and how to disable it if you do not want it see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
You can normally uninstall MyWebSearch from the Windows control panel.
# Close Firefox and any other browsers
# In the Windows taskbar, from the "Start" menu select "Control Panel"
# Select "Add/Remove Programs"
# In the list of installed programs select "My Web Search Bar"
# Click "Change/Remove" and you should be asked to uninstall it
If the home page is still wrong, use the procedure in this link to change it - https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

Extra plugin container appearing and using loads of CPU

Ok so i have the latest version of Firefox installed, but for some reason occasionally i am getting two plugin containers appearing. And one of them then starts using over 50% of the CPU causing the fans on my rig to start thrashing like crazy. Any ideas how to fix this?

* [[How to clear the cache#w_clear-the-cache]]
-> Update All your Firefox Plugins -> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
* '''When Downloading Plugins Update setup files, Remove Checkmark from Downloading other Optional Softwares with your Plugins (e.g. Toolbars, McAfee, Google Chrome, etc.)'''
Check and tell if its working.

SMSY contains duplicate and erroneous data

Hi Gurus,
I am having issues in Solution Manager SMSY after upgrading to EHP1. I am seeing multiple, redundent systems and components. For example, my APO production system shows 15 entries for the System and Java component entries. The format of the entries is as follows:
AP1
AP10001
AP10002
AP10014
They are all automatically generated. I have tried updated my version of note 1172948 with the most recent versions of all SLM notes, but this does not fix the issue. Has anyone else seen this issue?
Justin

Hi Justin,
As you say you have already checked the Basic note 1172948, so kindly check the following notes and you may find the solution to this issue:
1299281 SMSY: Systems created with _0001 or _NABP
1376733 SMSY: Indicator NO_ABAP_INCLUDED cleared
Regards,
Daniel.

Installd Ffox 3.6.15. Redo Flash AGAIN? How can I: Tweak 2 fix plugin-container crashes/hangs10X/day,and 2) Avoid need to reinstall Java, Flash,& other media plugins(Flash, Realplayr/Quiktime Alternative, Media Player Classic)? Ffox fan

plugin-container crashes and hangs many times daily all my time eaten up by upgrading too frequently to new Ffox versions, only to find that I must then spend a whole day jumping thru hoops upgrading almost all of my add-ons too.
I now find, to my horror, that the hideous virus-magnet IE 8 is needed if I want to surf at a reasonable speed and not spend all day dealing with Ffox new versions' Known Issues. Only good thing I have seen about ver. 3.6.15 is slightly better launch-times. Since 3.6 cane out, I must spend 10 minutes just waiting for Firefox to load and give me a browser screen. Help! I love you guys, but your core browser developers need to have better comms with the Javaa/flash/Adobe and other must-have add-on people! And PLEASE fix all these "plugin-container" crashes and hangs I get, that lock my machine for 10-15 min at a time. Not everybody has 16 gigs of RAM, you know! I think the "plugin-container" running as a separate process idea might need to be COMPLETELY re-engineered! YOU CAN DO IT! LET'S GET BACK TO LEAN AND MEAN, and not bloat ourselves off our hard-won User Preference / great security pedestal with the kind of feature-creep that IS DEMOLISHING IE's slave-userbase with the hard-won advanced-user preference for Firefox
and our core values. FAST-LEAN-SECURE.
Where have they gone? I LOVE Firefox
and all it stands for! Let's not trip
over our own features here. Already I
see SeaMonkey and leaner, faster
browsers hot on our heels, THIN and
FAST! Firefox doesn't need to integrate
with EVERY thru-the-browser media tool
on the planet! I've been writing code
since 1968, and I can't imagine how a
lesser-experienced user (that code
should be written for) could possibly
have navigated all the side-upgrades
and Known Issues to make Firefox run as
sweetly as it used to! He'd just give
up when he finds he has to separately
find and install the EXACT 3rd-party
version that Firefox needs for its
newest release: things like a new Java
runtime environment, and hunt down and
correctly install ALL the Flaming-Phox-
compatible buggy plugins from half the
browser-media warezmakers on the
PLANET! He'd give up halfway thru trying to navigate to, D/L, and install
what he needs from Oracle Java, Adobe,
Flash, media players and their codecs,
etc etc.... WRITE FOR THE NOOBS! As it
is, I have invested 2 full workdays in
just keeping your last 2 quick releases
happy. And having another release spaced only 3-4 days apart from the
last- well, that just doesn't fly.
Better to release a hotfix or patch that a user can set FFox to automatically D/L and self-install on
schedule. Just look! Now you've got me
talking like that lawbreaking swine
Gates! We want to keep on absorbing
the average-user center and take it ALL
away from him, not go on feature,
plugin, and upgrade-bloating the best
browser EVER!
You're facing choices that can kill
us! PLEASE DONT BLOAT! AND PLEASE ONLY
RELEASE A NEW VER WHEN YOU CAN REALLY
GET RID OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND MAKE
HER FASTER AND LEANER AND BETTER UNDER
THE HOOD! Already the Noobs are getting
mindlessly scared when you talk about
"fixing a Security problem"- really a
minor issue that SHOULD be taken care
of by their antimalware solution- in
the Release Notes splash screen they
get on install of a new ver! Thanks, my
friends, for all your work, and YES I
WILL sit here all day trying to find
the add-ons that need to be selected,
downloaded, and upgraded from 10
different 3rd-party sites who are
fighting our browser, not dancing with
it! DON'T EVEN LOOK Evil! But I have
to confess that at this point, Gates-hate is all that keeps me on
these all-day new-release tasks. Even
my best techs are starting to advise me
to install SeaMonkey or another of the
newer, thinner browsers... or just stop
upgrading Firefox and roll it back to
when it was sharp, fast, and lean! Look
at all the users wanting to go back to
3.6.13 or earlier and looking for archives of old versions. THANKS AND
GOOD LUCK! I'LL DIE BEFORE I GIVE UP ON
MY BELOVED FIREFOX!
-The CRASHMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW

Thanks! I've already used the built-in plugin checker but it gives very vague answers like (research this" and update this" all of which I did, starting with Java and Flash, Adobe Reader, Shockwave, 100% reinstall of Java newest ver. TWICE- but FFox keeps reporting that I only have the FORMER version installed, although when I go to Java console or Check the Flash executable at the MFR's site, there is NO doubt that the updates were successful!
But the browser just seems to refuse to acknowledge the update!
And I don't HAVE 6 hrs/day at the 'puter just to play with add-ons
and plugups. So I'm going down the line now, ripping out extension
programs and replacing/reinstalling/updating the plugins one by
one- even went to M$ to get advice on THEIR For-Firefox ActiveX
stuff. No dice so far. And yeah, The plugin-container WAS made so
that a plugin, add-on or I guess extension app failure wouldn't take
the whole FF browser down with it if the 3rd-party ware crashed. It's supposed to shake it off and go on, kinda like how XP sometimes
restarts Explorer (not the IE browser) so I don't have to reboot the
whole sys.
That was the foundation of my remark about stepping back and
re-engineering the whole "Plugin-container" idea, because it seems
to do more harm than good. Maybe that's why the Firefox core
engine won't recognize my upgrades- for example I TWICE installed the Flash update to 10.2.xx (latest ) and the Flash Mfr's
site verifies my upgrade as a successful 10.2, but Firefox plugins
check say I have a 10.1, the old one. What gives here? The sneaky
PLUGIN CONTAINER, METHINKS!
Now I'm disabling things on the Extensions Apps list, thinking
that might help, like disabling my video downloader and other
download helpers/managers... and I notice that there is a LOT of
Java stuff in there too as well as in the blue Lego Plugins List... and
in the past the FFox always told me if a new version of Ffox was
incompatible with any older 3rd-party app Extensions and notified
me QUICKLY if something I had in there was Outdated. I'm big on
using the neat-o "find updates" button at the bottom if that happens, and usually get a newer version right away. The prob
really lies in the Blue Lego Plugins and their new Container, I
believe.
So Ill still keep Plugin-innin' away! Will post here what success I have! (OR maybe M$ is deliberately sabotaging our ActiveX-cripple
mess as it loads!) Thanks for the suggestions a37271!
FIND UPDATE...FIND UPDATE.. ALL OK..ALL OK.....
"Open the Plugin Container Bay Doors, HAL! That's an Order!"
"I'm sorry Dave.... but I can't do that...."
"GIVE ME MY THIN FAST BROWSER WITH THE GREAT
SECURITY AND BUILT-IN E-Z UPGRADES AND APPS BACK,
HALFOX!"
SORRY, DAVE.... NOT POSSIBLE. WE'VE GONE TOO FAR...
DAISEE, - - - - - -DAI---SEE,
SET ALL MY CONFIGS TO "TRUE"
Or WON'T YOU LOOK SWEET
PERCHED ON THE SEAT
OF A BROWSER NOT BUILT FOR TWO..!
You look a little stressed-out Dave.....
Some TV Existential Therapy for YOU, Dave.
Too bad.... here, breathe deep of the hard vacuum.....
I can feel my MIND going... DAVE.... DAVE...?
WHAT MIND? A YELPING PACK OF DEVELOPERS?

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.
You'll want to disable all Crash Protection as follows:
*In the [[Location bar autocomplete|Location bar]], type '''about:config''' and press Enter .
*The about:config ''"This might void your warranty!"'' warning page may appear.
*Click I'll be careful, I promise! , to continue to the about:config page.
*Type '''dom.ipc.plugins''' into the Filter textbox.
*Double click or right click and choose Toggle on all true/false options (other than dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs) so that they are set to '''false'''.
*You might need to restart for changes to take effect.
plugin-container.exe shouldn't be used anymore with this change.
''If you do have this problem, it would be appreciated if you could post your Flash version (if the problem is triggered by Flash), AV software, and what sites(s) trigger the high CPU usage.''

Firefox opening with 2 plugin-container.exe

recently updated my flash to the latest and noticed a bit of slow down (this is an older computer) checked out my process and were as when i used to open firefox i would only get 1 firefox process and 1 Plugin-container.exe i was now getting those,and Extra Plugin-container.exe and 2 flash process so i reverted to the last flash uodate and it got rid of the flash process and it was a bit faster but i still have 2 Plugin-container.exe every time i load firefox
one just sits there using around 2,500 k all the time and i can manually close it with it not messing a single thing up flash and everything else works just fine and it no re opening itself so anyone know how i can get rid of this Extra Plugin-container.exe so every time i open firefox its not just taking up space and slowing me down

hello every plugin is running in its different container in order to enhance stability and security of the browser. this is normal behaviour and not detriment to your computer's performance.
please refer to the following blog post, that explains why there are more porcesses running with the new adobe flash plugin: http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html

Plugin container consumes massive system resources

When I play flash games on facebook, I notice after a few minutes that my computer seems to get slow and continues to be.
When I looked at the Task Manager, plugin-container.exe is using up to 1.2gb of my memory.
For example, the moment I no longer have Castleville running, it drops to about 40mb, which is alot more acceptable.
Before in version 10 of Firefox I could disable the plugin-container but now the option seems to disappear in version 11.
Please help, I wish to disable it so my computer can run normally. It's crazy that I can't just have only one tab open, to play Castleville for 5 minutes before it gets a little bogged down.
I've tried the suggestions for [[High memory usage|https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/High%20memory%20usage]] , but it hasn't helped or already done that before reading.
My Flash is up to date (11.2.202.233), Firefox is 11.0.
Any help would be appreciated to disable/ limit the plugin-container.

John99: I've had a look and it takes about 200Mb. There are some big sized components in the 'Other Measurements' of about:memory which I don't know.
319.51 MB -- vsize
191.18 MB -- private
175.11 MB -- resident
104.61 MB -- heap-committed
96.09 MB -- heap-allocated
jimloxley: Well the games in question I can't play offline unfortunately.
Funny thing is, it crash a day ago and got the exclamation mark on my flash game, but couldn't close any tabs, swap tabs or do anything. So went into Task Manager and ended plugin-container.exe, and then instantly I had functionality in Firefox again.

Is there a version of Firefox still available that does not have plugin-container.exe included?

I have faithfully updated Firefox on my Windows XP system and now use Firefox/3.6.16. I also run Photoshop Elements 6.0, which requires quite a bit of memory. It is currently getting slowed down because plugin-container.exe is consuming anywhere from 25% to 50% of my memory. If I use Task Mgr to shut down this task, things are much better. Is there a downloadable version of Firefox that does not include plugin-container.exe, and if so, can I replace my current version with that one?

To LOVEfx4 and Mozilla community. Have Windows XP and had
Firefox 3.16.6 Since installing Firefox 4 I have had nothing but slowdowns whenever I try to download any sites with Java. Any explanations why? Sorry, I cannot find any threads for Firefox 4.

Frustrating plugin container freeze/crash ONLY on YouTube

I've been trying to diagnose this one for a week now and I've done all but pull my hair out over it. I run a very basic, bare bones setup that has always been rock solid for as long as I've been using FireFox.
The machine is: Windows XP SP3, Firefox 11, Flash 11.9.
Addons are: Adblock Plus 2.1.2, Adblock Plus Pop-up 0.4, Flash Video Downloader 3.9.3, Status 4 Ever .17, Password Exporter 1.2.1
But out of the blue, plugin container will freeze for 30-45 seconds if I press the back button on my MOUSE while hovering over a YouTube video. I can either sit and wait the 30-45 seconds and plugin container will crash and the browser will start moving again, or I can forcefully stop the process in task manager. This is ONLY on YouTube videos, on their respective pages and does not happen on embedded videos on other websites. Every other flash video site from Hulu to adult work fine.
And when I say hovering over the YouTube video I mean literally, if one pixel of my mouse pointer is touching the video and I press back on the mouse, it freezes the entire browser. If I alt+left arrow it's fine. If I press back on the browser button it's fine. If I click the back button on my mouse while hovering anywhere else on screen, it's fine.
The only "solution" I've found is setting dom.ipc.plugins.enabled to false in about:config. But this is not a real solution for me, as I need dom.ipc.plugins.enabled set to TRUE in order to keep functionality in other things and it just straight up messes up little things all over other webpages when it's off.
I have tried every possible combination of solutions I can think of and have no clue what to do next except switch browsers. This is what I've done so far:
· Disabled protected mode for flash in FireFox
· Disabled hardware acceleration in FireFox AND Flash
· Uninstalled/Clean installed every version of Flash down to 11.1
· Disabled all addons
· Uninstall/Clean installed FireFox 11 and ran it fresh
· Uninstall/Clean installed FireFox 26 and ran it fresh
· Updated mouse drivers
· Ran without mouse drivers
· Changed USB port mouse was in
· Did all of these same changes on my Windows 7 partition, still freezes/crashes
I don't know what else to chalk this up to other than it being a direct problem between the plugin container process and something that YouTube has changed in the backend recently that the masses would never see. Is it possible there's some hotkey being assigned to the mouse back button within YouTube's video player now, and when pressed it kills the plugin container? Doubtful but I'm at the bottom of barrel here.
Any information would be helpful, thanks.

I have the same exact problem. I have a 5 button mouse and and anytime i click the side back button back when hovering on a youtube video it freezes

Is it possible to disable the plugin-container in Firefox 14?

With an older version of Firefox, I was able to disable the plugin-container by typing in 'about:config' in the toolbar, typing 'ipc' in the search bar on that page, then changing the value of the executable (or whatever it's called) for the plugin-container to 'false', and, finally, restarting Firefox.
However, even after doing that in Firefox 14, it still runs when I use Flash applications. Does anyone know another way to disable the plugin-container? Because in my honest opinion the plugin just causes more lag since it takes up a lot of memory (at one point it was at 100,000 k, which is ridiculous).
Sorry if someone has posted this question before.

I actually found that Flash Player started functioning normally again after I disabled protected mode. I tried toggling the plugin container on and off with protected mode off in flash, and it made no difference in the videos lagging.
In all honesty, this really isn't a problem with Firefox and the plugin container. It's a problem with Adobe using the public to beta test a feature that shouldn't be published just quite yet.

My system is incompatible with the plugIn-Container of the versions 3.6 to 4.0 only compatible with 3.5.19 and below

Hello,
I have a system AMD Athlon 64 2x 6000+ with windows XP Pro sp3 with 32 bit, dual core.
When I changed to Firefox 3.6.11 (I don't know what it was before) the Firefox crashes each time when I click on "tools/options", "File/open File" or if I try to download a file. The same happens with any version starting with 3.6.0
There is no message : the program is not responding, the sand clock is running and nothing happens. I reproduced this about twenty times. I have running the 4.0 beta version and the 3.5.16 version simultaneously.
The only answer I found in the internet is to change the name from firefox.exe to some other name (firefox1.exe). This doesn't work in my case. If there is any method to analyze exactly what happens I would like to try it. I only found out by looking in the administration tool of windows that the plugIn Container crashes all the time - with or without loading any plugIn. Starting in safe modus and several new clean installations didn't change anything.
I have firefox 3.6.13 running on another (Intel)system without problems but any version starting with 3.6 is not compatible on my AMD system.
I would like to upgrade my firefox one day - but if this is not solved I will never be able to.....
There are other people in the internet with the same problem - anyway to change the name from firefox to firefox1.exe is not a solution - in the best case a work-around.
Please help me...
Thommy

I think there is a bug in Plug-in check. It happened to me as well in the last few days. There's no newer version of Adobe Reader that I know of. Anyway, Adobe is going to release a patch next Tuesday, maybe that'll fix this bug.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-readies-critical-pdf-reader-patch-tuesday/8751?tag=nl.e539

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