Is there a alternative to Plugin-container (or a way to disable It)?
Issue
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
Description
Is there a alternative to Plugin-container? It just showed up In my system processes when I updated to Firefox 3.6.6. I've never had problems with plugins crashing but ever since plugin-container.exe crashes have happened more frequently and plugins like Adobe Flash are now taking a lot longer to load. I have an older computer and I noticed plugin-container Is a different process and takes up a large amount of memory, didn't have that problem before. Is there a way to disable It? Even though Its suppose to resolve problems, I've never had any before and now that I have It I'm having problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This happened
Not sure how often
I upgraded to Firefox 3.6.6 and for the first time had plugin-container.exe on my computer.
Troubleshooting information
Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 3.6.6
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Adblock Plus 1.1.3 true
Classic Compact Options 1.2.1 true notreal.ccoptions@environmentalchemistry.com
DownloadHelper 4.7.2 true
FoxTab 1.3 true
Java Console 6.0.07 false
Java Console 6.0.14 false
Java Console 6.0.15 false
Java Console 6.0.17 false
Java Quick Starter 1.0 false jqs@sun.com
Personas 1.5.2 true personas@christopher.beard
Remove New Tab Button 1.0 true remove-new-tab-button@forerunnerdesigns.com
WOT 20091028 true
Java Console 6.0.20 false
Adobe DLM (powered by getPlus(R)) 1.6.2.63 true
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180
browser.places.importDefaults false
browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2
browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri false
browser.startup.homepage http://www.google.com
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.6
browser.tabs.autoHide true
dom.max_script_run_time 0
extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.6
keyword.URL http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.dnupdate false
places.last_vacuum 1273704069
print.print_printer Dell Photo AIO Printer 924
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_bgcolor false
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_bgimages false
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_command
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_downloadfonts false
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_edge_bottom 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_edge_left 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_edge_right 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_edge_top 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_evenpages true
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_footercenter
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_footerleft &PT
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_footerright &D
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_headercenter
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_headerleft &T
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_headerright &U
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_in_color true
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_margin_bottom 0.5
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_margin_left 0.5
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_margin_right 0.5
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_margin_top 0.5
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_oddpages true
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_orientation 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_pagedelay 500
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_paper_data 1
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_paper_height 11.00
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_paper_size_type 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_paper_size_unit 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_paper_width 8.50
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_reversed false
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_scaling 1.00
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_shrink_to_fit true
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_to_file false
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0
print.printer_Dell_Photo_AIO_Printer_924.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true
privacy.sanitize.timeSpan 0
security.warn_viewing_mixed false
Firefox version
3.6.6
Operating system
Windows XP
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6
Plugins installed
- -Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
- getplusplusadobe16263
- The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
- 4.0.50524.0
- Google Updater pluginhttp://pack.google.com/
Všetky odpovede (5)
You can set the prefs dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.* to false on the about:config page to disable the plugin-container process. dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll (Silverlight) dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll (QuickTime) dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll (Flash)
I also didn't have any problems before the plugin container arrived, and now my browser freezes very often because of it. Also, the Flash features do not work anymore - if I try for example to pick up the url of a video, Firefox freezes for a longish time, and when it loosens up again, it doesn't show me the url anymore. I have had to resort to IE because of this. Everything was fine for me before the plugin container.
All right, after posting my previous comment, I re-checked all steps again. At the time when I updated Firefox, it notified me that I have to update the Adobe Flash player as well, and I did. However, there were some strange problems about the update, so now I decided to run the uninstall_flash_player.exe and the install the flash player again. Well, that is what did the trick! The flash videos now work again. There is still some slowness, apparently due to the plugin container, but the other problems with flash are gone.
And where exactly (the URL) do you find about:config page to disable the plugin-container process? It would be so useful if when you're giving a solution to be very specific in giving the exact location of a page you're referring to. Not everyone is inside your head, knowing what you mean. Thanks for your consideration.