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Why are there four iron.exe files running in task manager?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:07 pm
by dsa2591
Ran up on a page that would not let me close it, and I went into task manager. There were 4 instances of iron.exe running, each a different size, and only one of them will close the browser, and that isn't the largest one. What's this about?
Re: Why are there four iron.exe files running in task manage
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:17 am
by MST
dsa2591 wrote:Ran up on a page that would not let me close it, and I went into task manager. There were 4 instances of iron.exe running, each a different size, and only one of them will close the browser, and that isn't the largest one. What's this about?
I got you beat.As I type this,I have 12 instances of IRON running.
Re: Why are there four iron.exe files running in task manage
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:36 am
by tmx
The chromium extensions are ran as separate processes to improve stability for the main browser and security.
http://www.chromium.org/developers/desi ... ts/sandbox
Re: Why are there four iron.exe files running in task manage
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:38 am
by tmx
Extensions are ran as separate processes to improve stability and security for the main browser.
http://www.chromium.org/developers/desi ... ts/sandbox
Re: Why are there four iron.exe files running in task manage
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:56 am
by arflech
This is also true of the plugins (external media handlers, like Flash, Java, and QuickTime), and each individual tab also gets its own process.
Re: Why are there four iron.exe files running in task manage
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:01 am
by keliori
Just hit Shift+Esc to see what processes running together with your Chrome/Iron.