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Why do I now have plugin.container.exe running?

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I have used Firefox since v1. Current version is v14.0.1. I had plugin.container.exe running in Task Manager. I read what this is and do have some of the plugins. Memory use was about 28MB.

I went back to check and process is now gone, but Firefox is open. (I did not End Task) I was not actively using the plugins when I saw process running.

I read what it's for, but never saw the process before today. No recent update I know of.

I have used Firefox since v1. Current version is v14.0.1. I had '''''plugin.container.exe''''' running in Task Manager. I read what this is and do have some of the plugins. Memory use was about 28MB. I went back to check and process is now gone, but Firefox is open. (I did not End Task) I was not actively using the plugins when I saw process running. I read what it's for, but never saw the process before today. No recent update I know of.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Starting around Firefox 3.6.8, some plugins are executed in a separate process so that if they crash, they do not crash the main Firefox thread. Previously, this could be disabled globally -- you might have done that long ago and forgotten -- but some plugins are no longer allowed to run in the main Firefox thread for stability reasons.

If you're inclined to study it further, you might notice plugin-container.exe launch when you visit a site that use the Flash plugin.

Correction: It was Firefox 3.6.4.

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Thank you for the reply. Okay, so it must be coming from Flash. Firefox updated when I still had v 3.5.xx and disabled, then blocked Flash. When I updated to v13, I saw others with that version weren't getting Flash.

Today was the first time I saw the plugin.container exe running. I just checked and it's running at 40MB of memory on this site.

Has the Flash "bug" been resolved? Should I disable the Flash plugin unless I need to use Flash

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If you have Flash working fine on your computer, there is no need to disable it. You only need to disable or downgrade Flash if you are having a problem with it.

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Something changed in Firefox- Flash was blocked, not by me. I got the error in FF about needing a plugin on all pages with Flash. I could install, but it wouldn't initialize.

Then the warning disappeared and the plugin.container.exe process shows. I don't know how or when the Flash plugin>>or container>> got on the system.

That was my concern.