To do this, click “Menu -> Options -> General,” uncheck the Use recommended performance settings box, and check the “Use Hardware Acceleration when available” box. When the player settings open, click on the icon at the lower left of the settings window to open the display panel and check whether the “Enable hardware acceleration” is checked.įirefox hardware acceleration also eases CPU and memory usage in several cases, so you can check whether the hardware acceleration is on or off. The stand-alone Adobe Connect application replaces the old. Go to a page on your browser that shows a Flash video, right-click on the player and select Settings. Open the app details and tap the Force stop button to reach to the cache clearing button namely. If you have the Adobe Flash Player plugin installed, it could be the cause of the high memory usage. Check Adobe Flash Player and Firefox Hardware Acceleration If it doesn’t happen in Safe Mode though, then it’s likely that the add-ons are the culprits. You can restore the tabs and windows from your previous session, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to the pare you were viewing.Start New Session,Restore Session Open about:config in the. You last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. You can disable this feature fairly easily. If the issue persists, it’s probably not caused by a theme or extension, but it could be because of preference settings or plugins among other causes, as these aren’t disabled in Safe Mode. You may find Firefox's session restore crash recovery feature annoying and not too useful.