Fixing The Firefox Memory Leak

Topics Firefox on May 19th, 2007

in case you didnt know has a small memory leakage problems that can cause your pc to freeze up. basically what happens is when you minimize it stops consuming memory, however when you it again the memory usage will increase, sometimes even doubling. , there is a small fix that you can implement.
heres what you do:

1. Open and go to the Address Bar. Type in about: and then press Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> .
3. In the box that pops up enter .trim_on_minimize. Press Enter.
4. Now select True and then press Enter.
5. Restart .
tada, will stop eating your memory. more Firefox CAN be faster - 4 easy tricks. And How to Really reduce the memory usage in Firefox

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