Thread: Fix for Firefox memory leak on Windows

Fix for Firefox memory leak on Windows :

This seems to help out with the memory usage quite a bit. Generally, when you minimize a window the memory usage goes way down because that application isn't active. Unfortunately, Firefox by default doesn't adhere to this behavior. Here's how to force it to.

Type the following into your address bar in Firefox:

about:config

This will give u some warning massage from the firefox (for FF 3.0 users only). Ignore the warning massge & continue.You will see a window that looks similar to this:



You will want to right click anywhere in the window, choose New, Boolean, and enter in the following text:

config.trim_on_minimize

To change the value you can either doubleclick, or right-click and choose Toggle. Also Set the Value to True. You will have to restart Firefox, but after you do, you should notice the memory usage go way down whenever you have Firefox minimized.

Really that would be a lot helpful.....

Nice.... Never knew of it before.

I've found out that about:config works differently for Opera.

^^ U got it confused mate. Less RAM usage = high performance. High RAM usage = low performance.

Originally Posted by thats_me

Nice.... Never knew of it before.

I've found out that about:config works differently for Opera.

In both Firefox and Opera, about:config takes to the Advanced Settings page.

Yes, there are still some problems with firefox, it often crashs.