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Resolved Chrome Browser -4 copies running all the time when it is open

Discussion in 'General Internet' started by jorjab, 2011/04/07.

  1. 2011/04/07
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    Can anyone explain to me, why, when I open Chrome browser and then check in task manager, I find 4 chrome.exe processes listed? Shouldn't there be just one copy?

    Each process uses different sizes of memory which do somewhat vary in size but mostly increasing/decreasing in small amounts. .

    Initially 20k, 23k, 31k and 17 k. Lots of I/O read/writes, even when I am not actively using the browser but have it loaded.

    I have the browser open with 2 web site tabs.

    Thank You

    Jorjab
     
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  2. 2011/04/08
    PeteC

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    I would imagine that Chrome acts in a similar manner to Internet Explorer - what I see is ....

    IE open, 1 tab - 2 instances of iexplore.exe running

    With each new tab opened another instance of iexplore.exe is running.

    This is no doubt 'by design' :)
     
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    TonyT

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    Chrome loads several instances of itself, each instance is assigned to a specific task. To see exactly what they are, while in Chrome, go to:
    Wrench icon > Tools > Task manager.
     
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    Pete, Tony,
    Thank you
    Mainly curious as only see 1 of most programs. Never noticed re IE but don't use it very much.
     
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