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    [Solved]9 Opera processes open in Task Manager

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    • ronecc
      ronecc last edited by leocg

      Looking at Task Manager, I have 17 processes showing, even though there are only 4 windows open. The total amount of memory being used is over 1GB. What is going on? I have a Yahoo account that is just a tab and not open, one Gmail window for emails and two Facebook.

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by sgunhouse

        How many tabs are open? Depending on content, each tab can have a couple of processes, plus one for the browser interface itself - and the updater but that has its own name.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @ronecc last edited by

          @ronecc Nothing is going on, this is how Chromium based browsers work. Check Opera's task manager to see what are those processes.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            Everything is separated into processes, so that's expected. 1GB use also isn't very high. All is good.

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            • ronecc
              ronecc last edited by

              Thank you all for your replies. I can rest at ease now.

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