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Sometimes plugin-container.exe and other EXE system errors can be related to problems in the Windows registry. Several programs can use the plugin-container.exe file, but when those programs are uninstalled or modified, sometimes "orphaned" (incorrect) EXE registry entries are left behind.

Basically, this means that while the actual path of the file may have changed, its incorrect former location is still recorded in the Windows Registry. When Windows tries to look up these incorrect file references (file locations on your PC), plugin-container.exe errors can occur. Additionally, a malware infection may have corrupted Firefox-related registry entries. Thus, these corrupt EXE registry entries need to be fixed to fix the problem at the root.

Manually editing the Windows registry to remove invalid plugin-container.exe keys is not recommended unless you are PC service professional. Mistakes made when editing the registry can render your PC inoperable and cause irreparable damage to your operating system. In fact, even one comma placed in the wrong place can prevent your computer from booting!

Because of this risk, we highly recommend using a trusted registry cleaner such as %%product%% (Developed by Microsoft Gold Certified Partner) to scan and repair any plugin-container.exe-related registry problems. Using a registry cleaner, you can automate the process of finding corrupted registry entries, missing file references (like the one causing the plugin-container.exe error), and broken links within the registry. Before each scan, a backup copy is automatically created, allowing you to undo any changes with one click and protecting you from possible damage to your computer. The best part is that eliminating registry errors can dramatically improve system speed and performance.


Warning: Unless you are an experienced PC user, we do NOT recommend manually editing the Windows Registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows. We do not guarantee that problems resulting from incorrect use of Registry Editor can be corrected. You use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Before you manually repair your Windows registry, you need to create a backup by exporting a portion of the registry associated with plugin-container.exe (eg. Firefox):

  1. Click on the button Begin.
  2. Enter " command" V search bar... DON'T CLICK YET ENTER!
  3. While holding down the keys CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, press ENTER.
  4. A dialog box for access will be displayed.
  5. Click Yes.
  6. The black box opens with a blinking cursor.
  7. Enter " regedit" and press ENTER.
  8. In the Registry Editor, select the plugin-container.exe-related key (eg. Firefox) you want to back up.
  9. On the menu File select Export.
  10. On the list Save to Select the folder where you want to save the Firefox key backup.
  11. In field File name Enter a name for the backup file, such as "Firefox backup".
  12. Make sure the field Export range value selected Selected branch.
  13. Click Save.
  14. The file will be saved with extension .reg.
  15. You now have a backup of your plugin-container.exe-related registry entry.

The following steps for manually editing the registry will not be described in this article, as they are likely to damage your system. If you would like more information about manually editing the registry, please check out the links below.

In this article I want to tell you about a solution to the problem of Firefox browser freezing caused by (however paradoxical) process plugin-container.exe. I'll briefly talk about what plugins are. (at least in the browser) why plugin-container.exe processes are needed and how to disable them Plugin Container for Firefox. Read more about this later in the article.

What is a plugin?

Plugin (English) plugin, from plug in - connect)- this is a separate software module (part of the program), which allows you to display content on a web page that cannot be displayed using a browser. These include: video, audio, online games, presentations and more. Plugins are created and distributed by the developers of these data formats. For example, the most popular plugins now are Adobe Flash, Quicktime, Silverlight, etc.

What is plugin-container.exe?

Starting with version 3.6.4, Firefox now has the ability to load each such plugin via plugin-container.exe, i.e. separate from the main firefox.exe process. Thus, if one of the plugins fails, the browser will continue to work.

The problem is that this approach requires slightly more computer resources. Otherwise, there may be problems and some delays when loading and running Firefox. Thus, in the case of low-power computers, some laptops or netbooks, it makes sense to disable Plugin Container for Firefox.

How to disable plugin-container.exe in Firefox?

Well, if you decide to try to disable plugin-container.exe, let's figure out how to do it. The simplest option is the following:

  1. Open your browser and type in the address bar: about:config- press Enter.
  2. On the warning page that appears, click the “ I promise I'll be careful!»
  3. On the Firefox settings page that opens, in the “ Filter» enter: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled - the required variables (or one variable) will be filtered automatically. Change their values ​​from TRUE to FALSE. To do this, move the cursor over the desired line and double-click on it (twice in a row, quickly).

The problem is that this may not work in older versions of Firefox or on Windows Vista and older. To disable plugin-container.exe you will need to create a system variable MOZ_DISABLE_OOP_PLUGINS. How to do it?

  1. Click the button " Start» (the one in the lower left corner of Windows) and go to " Control Panel».
  2. In the window that opens, find and click “ System» (icon in the form of a computer with a check mark).
  3. In the window that opens (in the left column) find and click the link “ Advanced System Settings" If necessary, we allow you to continue completing the task.
  4. In the “System Properties” window that opens (on the tab " Additionally») find and click the button “ Environment Settings...»
  5. In the “Environment Variables” window that opens, in the “ System Variables", click the button " Create…».
  6. In the “New system variable” window that opens, in the “Variable name” field, enter: MOZ_DISABLE_OOP_PLUGINS, and in the “Variable value” field write: 1 , click the button OK».

For the changes to take effect, restart your computer.

How to disable protected mode in Flash Player?

It is noteworthy that some plugins may work fine only via plugin-container.exe. In particular, this problem may arise with the plugin Adobe Flash 11.3 and older, due to protected mode. By the way, for many people this mode freezes Firefox when opening any page with Flash content.

How can I turn it off? To do this, you need to write: ProtectedMode=0 - to the file mms.cfg, which is located in the directory:

  • For Windows 32bit: C:\windows\system32\macromed\flash
  • For Windows 64bit: C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash

If the file mms.cfg It's not there - create it. It is noteworthy that for this you may need to create it in a writable location and only then copy it to the specified directory.

In the case of disabled Plugin Container for Firefox, please note that the variable plugin.scan.plid.all with the value FALSE disables scanning of system paths. Thus, in order for Firefox to use the Flash plugin, you need to copy its files to the Plugins folder, which is located in the folder with Firefox installed.

That's all I have. I hope that the information provided in this article will help you solve the problem. Thank you for your attention. Good luck!

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Question: The program plugin container for firefox has stopped working


Throws out such windows

What should people do?

Answer:

Message from vavun

Update/reinstall flash planig

That's what I did - it helped

Added after 43 seconds
vavun,
Thank you

Question: The program "Plugin Container for Firefox" has stopped working


Hello! The message "Plugin Container for Firefox" has stopped working in Mozilla constantly appears. This browser field crashes. What can be done?

Answer: Option to use chrome or another browser.

Question: The program has stopped working in all games


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Config:
2GB RAM
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Answer: imrik, let's look at the process dump:

  1. download the utility and unpack it into a separate folder, for example C:\ProcDump;
  2. start the command line (cmd.exe) and run:
    C:\ProcDump\procdump.exe -accepteula -e -w hl2.exe C:\ProcDump\
  3. run hl2.exe and cause a crash;
  4. upload the saved DMP file from the C:\ProcDump folder in the archive to any file hosting service, for example dropmefiles.com.
Similarly, you can make several dumps of different processes.

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Answer: Nothing virus-like in the logs

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Answer: Do a hard reset of the router and, if necessary, enter the settings again, in accordance with the connection agreement with the provider. Change the password on your router to a more complex one.
Reboot and check.

They immediately asked me to update Adobe Flash Player. Updated. Foolishly!!!
Now the time it takes to open the browser window has increased, all Flash freezes terribly, and, in general, the computer has started to slow down...
As I understand it, it’s all due to a certain plugin-container.exe, which I found in the processes. I didn't even notice him before. It consumes more memory than Mozilla Firefox itself.

I disable it in the Task Manager - there is a message about Adobe Flash Player crashing.

I read it on the Internet and came across this entry: In Firefox 3.6.3, plugins are launched in separate processes on Windows and Linux platforms, which significantly improves the stability of Firefox. Now crashes of plugins such as Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight should not lead to the crash of the entire Firefox.

That is, Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight run as a separate process in Windows or Linux. If a flash player suddenly freezes or crashes, for example, the browser will no longer crash after it, but will continue to work.
For example, if you suddenly have a flash crash on some website, it will not “hang” the entire browser, but will simply stop playing video (audio, game). Previously, in such cases, you had to force close the browser (or it crashed on its own) and start it again, losing the cache and other information.
The frozen plugin-container.exe process itself can either be killed in the task manager by ending the process, but if the process crashes, you can simply refresh the page to start the process again.
On the one hand it seems good and convenient, but on the other hand...
On the other hand, for weak machines, having a process that eats up extra memory and adds extra load to the processor is not very pleasant. Plus the new flash player is quite resource-demanding

For those who for some reason want to disable process separation, this can be done as follows:

Disabling process separation

1. Complete the process plugin-container.exe in Task Manager

2. Then type into the address bar about:config and move on, while agreeing that if we mess everything up, we will lose the guarantee.
By the way, it’s not worth messing around in about:config indiscriminately without knowing what and how to do!

3. In the Filter field, enter dom.ipc.plugins.enabled and right-click on the line that appears - select Switch

dom.ipc.plugins.enabled(Boolean, for firefox 3.6+) - This function ensures that tabs and plugins run in separate processes (each tab runs in a separate process, as does each plugin). This approach allows you to increase the security and stability of the browser. (By the way, a similar technology has been implemented.

4. Change the value from true on false.
Values:
TRUE - Process separation is enabled.
FALSE - Process separation is disabled.

5. Some users have multiple lines with a value dom.ipc.plugins.enabled

In about:config we need the following lines

dom.ipc.plugins.enabled -false is set by default

dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll -false switched
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll -false switched
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll -false switched
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll -false switched

As we can see, the first value was set to false by default, the remaining values ​​were true and had to be switched

5. Restart your browser

So, by switching these values, we completely disable the process separation function in the browser. Now plugins will not run in a separate process, but as before, in the same process with the browser.

Personally, all my problems disappeared!

what to do?
pressed three buttons ctrl + alt + del
I opened “Windows Task Manager” and what did I see?

Some kind of process Plugin-container shamelessly loads the system, taking almost all resources for itself...

The virus was caught from the Internet!!! - The first thing that came to mind.

I clicked on the “End process” button and it silently left the dispatcher.

I launched the antivirus and checked the computer - everything was clean!!!

The next day, turning on my favorite book, and finishing yesterday’s work, I looked at the “Windows Task Manager” and what do I see???

This one again plugin-container loads the system, but much more carefully.

I ran a search for files on the disk and found plugin-container.exe, deleted it and was sad to find that Fire Fox stopped working...

I went to Yandex to exploit the collective mind, and on the website http://www.chuvyr.ru/2014/05/plugin-container-exe-firefox.html I found a wonderful article, tried it - it worked!!!

Here is the article:

What is plugin-container.exe in Firefox and how to disable it?

Plugin(English) plugin) is a software module that allows you to display on a web page those elements that cannot be displayed using a browser. These include, in particular: Adobe Flash, Quicktime, Slverlight, etc.

In Firefox 3.6.4 and higher, it became possible to load plugins separately from Firefox, using the process plugin-container.exe. Thus, allowing the main process firefox.exe remain open even if the plugin crashes.

As practice has shown, in some cases this decision leads to the opposite effect. For example, if your computer does not have a sufficiently powerful technical base, which is very important in the case of laptops. In particular, at startup, Firefox began to freeze for a long time. You have to wait until it becomes available.

Alternatively, you can use older versions of Firefox or disable this process in your browser settings. It is clear that I chose the second option. Here's what you need to do to do this:

Also, if you do not want messages to be sent about plugin crashes, you can disable this feature.