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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?

தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது

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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தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது

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