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Mark192
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« on: September 08, 2008, 12:14:14 PM »
Why are there two chrome.exe running?

None of my other browsers do this..Is this supposed to happen or should I redownload it as it's not normal? The first time I checked up Chrome on the task manager there was only one exe running (apparently).
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 12:44:16 PM »
There technically should be a separate "chrome.exe" process for each Google Chrome tab that you have open.

This is how Google manages the separate process and memory spaces for each individual tab.
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 06:04:16 PM »
Ah yes, I forgot about that. Strangely, it appeared as if I only had one tab open though, but I noticed that my browser had crashed previously or something like that. Maybe that's why the other process was running.

Thanks for the clarification.
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 07:00:57 PM »
No problem, sometimes if you close all your windows really fast, an instance of chrome.exe will remain for 5 - 10 seconds in your process manager as well.
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2008, 09:12:48 PM »
Thanky, I was wondering about this little quirk as well.
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« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2008, 03:28:52 PM »
How come the additional processes aren't killed when I close the tab?  I've got one open tab but 3 chrome.exe process still running.  Just curious - seems inefficient to me. A bug?
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2008, 06:47:46 PM »
Sometimes when ending an instance of one of the tabs, chrome takes a little while to shut it down so it'll remain there, if you wait a little (a minute at most usually) they will go away.

You can also make chrome use only one process by using Google Chrome's Command Line Switches.
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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2008, 06:49:01 PM »
Thanks for clarifying, TYPELiFE. And the link, --single-process rules!
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