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Glenn
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After starting Firefox, using Task Manager, it looks like six copies are running! What is going on?

After starting Firefox, using Task Manager, it looks like six copies are running! What is going on?

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Hi Glenn,

This is normal behavior, caused by Firefox being a multi-process application. Probably, there are 6 separate processes running. You shouldn't be worried about it, unless your computer starts acting strange.

See also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1183486.

Read more about this at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Firefox.

Kind regards, BelFox

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Hi Glenn,

This is normal behavior, caused by Firefox being a multi-process application. Probably, there are 6 separate processes running. You shouldn't be worried about it, unless your computer starts acting strange.

See also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1183486.

Read more about this at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Firefox.

Kind regards, BelFox