Plugin-container.exe ate my CPU and my goldfish
After installing Firefox 3.6.4 and version 3.6.6 respectively, there was a process running in the background, called plugin-container.exe. It immediately began to eat my CPU, my RAM and my goldfish. I have a fish tank in my room and after installing the FF update, my goldfish disappeared. Can I get a new goldfish from Mozilla?
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== after installing v3.6.4 and higher
Same problem...XP SP3, X64. Followed the suggestions outlined in this thread:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/704242
which, basically, was to restart in safe mode to see if an extension is causing the problem. Well, I restarted in safe mode, tried to watch a youtube video, and it still runs like trash (to say it nicely). So its definitely not an extension causing the problem, its this trashy container.
Flash Player is already a container. Meaning its already an intermediate layer between the user and the OS. Which is one of the things Steve Jobs talked about as for why Flash is not on iPhone. The more layers you introduce, the less efficiently something can run.
So basically Mozilla took an existing container (Flash player) and wrapped it in ANOTHER container, further removing it from the OS. Whose brilliant idea was that??? Its like watching TV as filmed through someone's web cam.
Total garbage. With each release of FF, video playback gets worse and worse...
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Plugin-container.exe maxes out cpu and slow everything down,how to remove?
all goes to 100 % cpu antivirus not always running at same time,it does not matter,i turned antivirus off and it still did it..can i get rid of this and delete it or why do i need it
look this one
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
in firefox 6 the preference dom.ipc.plugins.enabled is already set to "true", by default, change it to "false". Read the above article about crash protection.
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Whenever I have an audiovisual display running in a Firefox (5.0) tab, the program "plugin-container.exe" swamps my CPU, jumping up to 95% of processing clock cycles. This makes all online video displays hang and jump, and it's a pain in the neck. Is there any way to mitigate this?
That's supposed to indicate it's your plug-ins like Flash that is the problem.
You might try changing hardware acceleration, a setting within Flash either turn if off or on. -
FF takes forever to close (minutes). When using process explorer I see that as many as 15 instances of plugin-container.exe will be opened during the shut down process. I think this means that a plugin is crashing. I disabled all of the plugins and it still happened (but maybe not so many times). An obvious answer is to leave FF open but that seems kinda dumb. I haven't seemed to be able to find this addressed anywhere. I am using updated Xp, on a many year old machine. Please help.
Thanks, John Rooks
(also, my submit button doesn't work when I try to send this in via the feedback form. (happy, sad and idea page)It is caused by Firefox asking plugins like Flash to remove their cookies and other locally stored data.
Flash Local storage settings Help:
* http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help02.html -
Plugin-container.exe keeps coming back and slowing my machine (ver.3.6.12)
This problem occurred in earlier editions and I would have thought that it should have been solved by now.
My computer goes to 100% usage and stay there until I go into my Windows Task Manager and stop the process: plugin-container.exe . I understand this was put in to stop crashes by Flash Player??? Well , it seems that they have decided to throw the baby out with the wash water. I stop the process but it keeps coming back.
Is there some similar program like Flashplayer that works and that we can use?
What happens if we can really get rid of it permanently?
How can we really get rid of it permanently?
If you send me instructions make sure that my ten-year old can understand it.
Thanks, in advance.
Copy: [email protected]ok I've just had to fix this myself so can confirm it works :)
open a new tab in mozilla and enter '''about:config''' in the address bar and hit enter.
It will say ''''here be dragons'''' click ''''I'll be careful I promise''''.
In the filter field enter '''dom.ipc'''
You will see a list of preference names, click on the value to toggle (change settings)
These are the settings you want.
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled ''' true'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll '''false'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll '''false'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll '''false'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll '''true'''
dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs 45
Restart firefox and then check Task Manager... plugin-container has disappeared, Mozilla is fast again, your RAM is no longer being hogged... happy days :)
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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 -
Ok. I have read several different fixes on several different forums, but so far I haven't heard of a solid fix. My Adobe Flash Plugin keeps crashing on my computer. Its getting slightly irritating. I have been to the Adobe forums and the only answers I seem to get over their is finger pointing at your Graphics card being the problem. I know mine isn't because it is brand new. I can run any top end game on my system and my system will barely lag if at all, so I know it isn't memory and Graphics related, yet when I go to load a few tabs on Facebook, The Browser will start lagging real bad and eventually either hang completely or Adobe Flash will crash. I don't believe it is a Firefox issue, although the New Firefox Beta's do have issues they are working on resolving. I firmly believe it is either a compatibility issue somewhere between Adobe or it is just a programming problem in Adobe. I dunno tho. Like I said It is getting really frutrating having to send an error report and either reload the page or shut the browser down completely and restart the Firefox. Does Anyone have any ideas as to whats going on or any Solid fixes? Please don't tell me to talk to the people over at Adobe again. lol. If I hear Its a problem on your end one more time I will scream. lol.
Safe mode disables the installed '''Extensions''' and themes ('''Appearance''') in '''Tools '''('''Alt''' + '''T''') > '''Add-ons''' as well as Firefox's hardware acceleration which can also be manually disabled via '''Tools''' > '''Options '''> '''Advanced '''> '''General '''> '''Use hardware acceleration when available'''. If it is okay in safe mode + all plugins disabled except Flash, you can try to narrow down the cause from there.
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes]
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons Uninstalling Add-ons]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars Uninstalling Toolbars]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20plugins Troubleshooting Plugins]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Testing_plugins Testing Plugins] -
plugin-container.exe is a disaster and looking at previous forums it has been so for at least a year without any resolution. As I said before at one stage this was using 94% of my CPU and my system was reduced to a snails pace.
Surely Firefox should give some useful alternative.
EmjayelTry going to http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck and see if your plugins are out of date.
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Plugin-container.exe *32 still shows up
Hi everyone,
I had a question about FlashPlayerPlugin_11_4_402_287.exe *32 and why it is two times in the task manager, but I read some others problems like this and get the answer, thanks.
I disabled the plugin-container.exe in about:config and changed the value to "false" but it still appears in TM.
Can I disable it or not?
My OS is W7 (64 bits) and I use Firefox
Thanks for your time.Hello Muller, sorry I am not Everyone, however I do have the same issue as if Firefox is not slow enough as it is, and to add to the frustration Flash Player crashes frequently over and over, no matter how many times I Report the Crash and Reload the Page, still does not work, then I have to Exit Firefox and re-launch, click to restore History right in the middle of my work. Very disruptive.
And before Adobe asks, yes to updating Firefox, and constanly checking for updates of Windows 7, 64-bit, my Anti-Virus and other Security features. The current Adobe Flash Player version as the file name shows 11.4.402.287 as of 8 & 9 Oct 2012.
Of course the answer maybe in the file name after .EXE of *32 for 32 bit running on a 64 bit system. I do not have this problem with using Google Chrome v 22.0.1229.94 and possibly may work better for yourself as well.
And I do not use I.E. v 9.0.8112.16421 64-bit Edition, never have liked I.E., slower than Firefox. And to think after 30 yrs of using computers something would work properly 98% of the time.
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In looking at Windows Task Manager I found that plugin-container.exe was taking over 100% of my CPU and my system was frozen. Is this a memory leak or other bug?
Thank you! I have been having problems with Adobe Flash since downloading the new 11.1 version. I will download it again and reinstall it, hopefully that will correct the problem.
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I find 'plugin-container.exe' takes up 68-91% of my CPU and effectively hangs my machine; how can I avoid this, from happening?
You can disable the plug-in container for one or two plug-ins, or for all the plug-ins it works for. <br />
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins -
Can I disable plugin-container.exe in 20.0.1 and still stream video?
When I try to stream TV shows with Firefox, I receive high Firefox disc usage warnings from my Norton antivirus. I believe this is due to the gigantic plugin-container.exe that Firefox apparently runs the Flash player inside of. When I look at it in Taskmaster plugin-container has been using 150 k + after just a few minutes and continues to go higher the longer I watch. If I continue to watch without doing anything, eventually the video begins to stutter and then stops while the sound keeps playing. My system slows down to the point where it takes 5 min to stop the player after clicking the control, and a half hour for my system to process the commands to shut down Firefox and restart.
I've been able to work around this by putting the AV into extended Silent Mode to save CPU and by closing the browser after each and every episode, then reopening it again. Obviously this isn't an optimal solution.
I tried shutting down plugin-container using the Taskmaster but this also killed my video. When I closed the window and restarted the video, the plug-in-container came back. In this current version of Flash 20.0.1 is there a way to disable it forever that will also allow me to stream video? IE8 didn't play nice with web pages but Firefox isn't playing nice with video streaming. Is there a fix that doesn't involve a new PC?
Hard drive currently has 298 Gig free
5/10/2013, 18:06:35
Machine name: TIGERFLOWER
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.130307-0422)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dimension XPSGEN5
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 460MB used, 3476MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)Thanks for the ideas and suggestions. We know the problem isn't with Flash because I was running it without huge background files or lock-up up while using IE8.
Installing an older version of Flash isn't an option because newer versions resolve some of the memory usage and flickering problem that older Flash versions caused on the new Hulu site. Some sites also require the newest patch and return an error message if an older version is detected.
I'm not sure what protected Flash mode does or doesn't do and hate to mess around with Flash when we already know it's been running without issues on my system using the other browser.
What I DO know is that the problem only started occurring when I made the switch from IE8 to Firefox. This weekend I had it happen again when I only had Firefox open and the Norton AV running out of Silent Mode in the background. Only the Flash thumbnails on the Hulu home page were active, not the Flash player and I started to get slowdown and lose mouse control.
I posted the issue over on the Norton forum also but don't expect a workaround. I think disabling that huge plugin-container file might help. By the time I've watched one video both Firefox and plug-in container are up around 200k each, much,much, much larger than anything else running on my system.
So is disabling plugin-containter still viable? Firefox crashing is never going to happen, if plug-in container freezes up my system first. Continually closing and reopening Firefox as a workaround doesn't seem to be way it was intended to perform. -
Plugin-container.exe using 40% of cpu
== Issue
==
Firefox is having problems with certain web sites
== Description
==
FYI, (thanks to all developers)
I rarely go to porn sites but the popunder-windows they generate caused the plugin-container.exe to use 40% of cpus (2 cpu). This is after I had closed all tabs and left my computer unattended. This popunder-window might have very-very-unusually slipped my attention due to my errand.
Thanks again
== URL of affected sites
==
""Removed by a moderator -FF4L''
== Troubleshooting information
==
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
3.6.4
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
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Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant
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Google Gears
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FEBE
6.3.3.2
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{4BBDD651-70CF-4821-84F8-2B918CF89CA3}
Adblock Plus
1.2.1
true
All-in-One Sidebar
0.7.11
true
{097d3191-e6fa-4728-9826-b533d755359d}
Auto Copy
1.0.1
true
{0FED7D55-65D4-47b6-A6DE-9A4ADB55355F}
CoolPreviews
3.1.0625
true
DownloadHelper
4.7.4
true
Download Statusbar
0.9.7
true
FabTabs
1.3.5
true
[email protected]
Firefox Showcase
0.9.5.5
true
{89506680-e3f4-484c-a2c0-ed711d481eda}
Flashblock
1.5.13
true
{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
FoxTab
1.3
true
History Submenus
2.10
true
{7102aba3-045c-4ec2-b921-46d87636d84b}
Image Zoom
0.4.4
true
{1A2D0EC4-75F5-4c91-89C4-3656F6E44B68}
Personal Menu
4.3.2
true
[email protected]
QuickRestart
1.1.6
true
Session Manager
0.6.7.4
true
{1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe30}
SearchPreview
4.5
true
Tab Progress Bar
0.6
true
[email protected]
Tab Scope
0.3.2
true
[email protected]
Toolbar Buttons
0.6.0.8
true
{03B08592-E5B4-45ff-A0BE-C1D975458688}
United States English Dictionary
4.0.0
true
[email protected]
WebMail Notifier
2.5
true
{37fa1426-b82d-11db-8314-0800200c9a66}
CacheViewer
0.6.3
true
{71328583-3CA7-4809-B4BA-570A85818FBB}
CookieCuller
1.4
true
{99B98C2C-7274-45a3-A640-D9DF1A1C8460}
Dictionnaire français «Réforme 1990»
3.5
true
[email protected]
Extension List Dumper
1.14.8
true
[email protected]
Firebug
1.5.4
true
[email protected]
FlashGot
1.2.1.27
true
{19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}
Fast Dial
2.23b1
true
[email protected]
QuickJava
1.7.2
true
CLEO
4.3
true
[email protected]
OPIE
1.2.3
true
[email protected]
Java Console
6.0.20
true
Tab Mix Plus
0.3.8.4
true
Tree Style Tab
0.10.2010043001
true
[email protected]
Mozilla Archive Format
0.19.3
true
{7f57cf46-4467-4c2d-adfa-0cba7c507e54}
MR Tech Toolkit
6.0.4
true
{9669CC8F-B388-42FE-86F4-CB5E7F5A8BDC}
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Value
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0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror
180
browser.history_expire_days_min
89
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
0
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction.backup
2
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML
false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.startup.homepage
chrome://fastdial/content/fastdial.html
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:1.9.2.4
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab
false
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.backup
true
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.override
true
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace.backup
true
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace.override
true
browser.tabs.warnOnClose
false
dom.disable_window_move_resize
true
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled
false
dom.max_script_run_time
1800
extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6
true
extensions.lastAppVersion
3.6.4
general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet
( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
javascript.options.showInConsole
true
javascript.options.strict
true
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.last_vacuum
1275329041
print.print_printer
HP Deskjet 3900 Series (Copy 1)
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_bgcolor
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_bgimages
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_command
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0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_left
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_right
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_top
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_evenpages
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_footercenter
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&PT
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&T
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&U
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_left
0.5
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_top
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_oddpages
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_reversed
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_shrink_to_fit
true
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_to_file
false
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_right
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_top
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privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.dialog_enable_delay
0
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
== Firefox version
==
3.6.4
== Operating system
==
Windows Vista
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
== Plugins installed
==
*-Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
*npRLCT4Player
*np-mswmp
*1.7.0069.3
*6.0.12.69
*RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In
*RealJukebox Netscape Plugin
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.3.3"
*Default Plug-in
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
*iTunes Detector Plug-in
*GEPlugin
*Picasa plugin
*NPWLPG
*Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
*Version 1.0.5, copyright 1996-2010 The VideoLAN Teamhttp://www.videolan.org/
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsersOnly if i have 2 sites open i.e. http://www.youtube.com and http://www.mobileman.com (or any other site), i have trouble opening a third page i.e. http://www.google.com. Is it possible, that firefox is using a lot of CPU (i.e. plugin-container)??
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When Firefox does freeze (not responding appears in parentheses in the page tab) I am not able to access any of the webpages (the entire webpage is hidden behind a vaguely white transparent foreground) and more often than not any files I might be downloading are stopped before the entire file has been transferred - which means that I have to start those downloads from the beginning AGAIN. This has been happening for quite some time and I AM SICK AND TIRED OF IT HAPPENING!!
If it continues to happen for much longer I will swear off FireFox FOREVER!!!!! Either a program works or it does not work and lately Firefox has not worked worth a damn...........
The ONLY way to force Firefox to allow me to access it is for me to end the plugin-container.exe file process using Task Manager. Clearing there is a SERIOUS problem here that has not been resolved - why not???The pluging container opens up unnecessary copies as the cookies/history are cleared, this is a known issue, it might be what you are seeing, and it is hoped to be fixed in some future release of firerox.
There are some hangs affecting some users, with symptoms being high cpu usage, occurring as bookmark changes or syncing is in progress, there is a work around for that.
Firefox hanging as you close it see:
*[[firefox hangs]]
* [[firefox is already running but is not responding]] -
Plugin-container.exe is using 90-100% CPU - even while running Firefox in safe-mode. Can I fix this?
I am using fire fox 5.0 (after using 3.6 for what seems like forever) and the plugin-container.exe has been sucking up my CPU power like a vampire. It had been doing that in 3.6 but not as much. I figured if I upgraded the problem would go away, but no, it has not. After reading some other similar posts, I ran Firefox in safe mode with no plugins running and sure enough after browsing for a bit it started running slower and used 90-100% of my CPU. Is there any way to fix this issue? Or am I doomed? Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
That's supposed to show you the problem isn't Firefox, don't know how successful that actually is. You can delete it so that it starts up again. Susggest restarting Firefox when you see it has used about an hour of CPU time as the next hour of CPU time will take shorter to get there and you will be locked out.
Also see this -- the solution on all the items seem to fix a lot of problems with the places.sqlite database.
:'''freezing at regular intervals''': http://blog.bonardo.net/2011/09/30/is-your-firefor-freezing-at-regular-intervals
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