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Win 7 Pro, current Firefox... I have one FF Browser open. Task manager shows two instances open. How do mI find what has another FF Browser open?

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Ironshins
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I have Win 7 Pro running on my PC. FF is my default Browser. I open FF and have a few Tabs open( I don't know if this is important for my Question, but what the hay).

I have opened up the Windows Task Manager and in the 'Process' Tab, two instances of 'firefox.exe *32' are shown. Task Manager does not give much information as the who/what has a second Browser open.

Any ideas folks?

I have Win 7 Pro running on my PC. FF is my default Browser. I open FF and have a few Tabs open( I don't know if this is important for my Question, but what the hay). I have opened up the Windows Task Manager and in the 'Process' Tab, two instances of 'firefox.exe *32' are shown. Task Manager does not give much information as the who/what has a second Browser open. Any ideas folks?

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More than one process is normal for the current Firefox. http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/22/multi-process-firefox/

Multi-process Firefox is codenamed "e10s". https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/multiprocess

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More than one process is normal for the current Firefox. http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/22/multi-process-firefox/

Multi-process Firefox is codenamed "e10s". https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/multiprocess

Ironshins
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This clears this up for me well Mr Fred, Thank you.


Ho! Ho! Humbug! :()

Ironshins
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OOps!

This explains why when some Scripts, or whatever, that used to freeze my Browser now offer a Drop Down to stop the problem.