

Even toolbars, which visually appear as if they’re in the Manager Process, really run down in a Content Process.įor IE10, we’ve changed IE such that Manager Processes always run as 64bit processes when running on a 64bit processor running a 64bit version of Windows. All HTML content and ActiveX controls run in the Content Process. You need to read the Understanding Enhanced Protected Mode article to understand Internet Explorer’s Process Model and Bitness:įor the past several releases, Internet Explorer has sported a multi-process architecture, where the “ Frame” or “ Manager” process runs at Medium Integrity and the “ Tab” or “ Content” processes run at either Low Integrity (Protected Mode) or Medium Integrity (for Zones where Protected Mode is disabled, like Intranet sites).
