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Multiple Firefoxes in the background, exiting the program doesn't clear them up. They persist.

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kallistra
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Firefox is now doing the same junk that Chrome does. Running n numbers of firefox.exe in the background and leaving them running on exit. Please see my screen shot. Please advise on how to a) prevent this and b) if it is a bug in Firefox (which I think it is), please fix it.

Firefox is now doing the same junk that Chrome does. Running n numbers of firefox.exe in the background and leaving them running on exit. Please see my screen shot. Please advise on how to a) prevent this and b) if it is a bug in Firefox (which I think it is), please fix it.
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What I did was shut down the multi-processor, hardware acceleration, and autostart. I have been testing this a few days now with all my usual add-ons and so far, so good.

Memory is back to normal. Processes are back to normal. In addition, the EXTREME lag I was getting at times has vanished as well.

This is what was required to fix the issue based on your post in another question :

Tools -> Options -> Performance -> Recommended Settings Uncheck Use Recommend Settings Uncheck Use Hardware Acceleration

about:config dom.ipc.processCount : 1 dom.ipc.processCount.extension : 1 dom.ipc.processCount.file : 1

browser.tabs.remote.autostart : false browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 : false

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If have the browser open and running or in the task bar yes they are suppose to be there it is Multi-Proccessor and using several (up to 4) cores instead of just 1 that older versions used. https://www.howtogeek.com/332449/whats-new-in-firefox-quantum/

If the are still running after you have closed down Firefox then that is a issue. Please try : Please : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles then https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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What I did was shut down the multi-processor, hardware acceleration, and autostart. I have been testing this a few days now with all my usual add-ons and so far, so good.

Memory is back to normal. Processes are back to normal. In addition, the EXTREME lag I was getting at times has vanished as well.

This is what was required to fix the issue based on your post in another question :

Tools -> Options -> Performance -> Recommended Settings Uncheck Use Recommend Settings Uncheck Use Hardware Acceleration

about:config dom.ipc.processCount : 1 dom.ipc.processCount.extension : 1 dom.ipc.processCount.file : 1

browser.tabs.remote.autostart : false browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 : false