acwebbrowser.exe Chrome executable

[J-Bowers]

I have 160 instances of acwebbrowser.exe running. I've read why they are "required" and all that jazz.....but this is ridiculous.

Not really looking for help, just felt like this should be seen.

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[natasha.l]

Hello @J-Bowers, 

Yes, this is correct. Standard memory requirements of these processes are as small as cca 15-40MB each, but they may require more CPU power if they are blocked by an antivirus or a firewall. So if required, add them to the exceptions list (no-scan/no-block) in your antivirus.

You may have noticed multiple (typically up to 9) copies of the process AcWebBrowser.exe, resp. "Chromium host executable" running in your Windows Task Manager.

These are helper applications for Autodesk products, taking care of web communication - they are based on the web (HTML) component "Chromium" (the same root as Google Chrome). These processes are used e.g. for the online Help, licensing mechanism, the Start (Home) screen, for the update tool Desktop App, Infocenter, etc.

Take a look at the following Chromium host executable (AcWebBrowser.exe) shows high CPU usage

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[JTBWorld]

I agree that this is not normal.

What product and version is it you are running?

If you close it do you still have any acwebbrowser.exe left running?

Now if you close all Autodesk products and still have acwebbrowser.exe, kill them and then run the product again and see if you again get 160 instances or not.