Re: Firefox Cache Settings

From: Stephen Howard (seesigfor_at_email.uk)
Date: 10/24/05

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    Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:33:09 +0100

    On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:59:11 GMT, "Hairy One Kenobi"
    <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

    >(Yes, there *are* security/integrity implications - that's how I found out
    >about this...)
    >
    >A smidgen of history to start with: computer room being rearranged, 'bout
    >time I tidied the backup servers, one of 'em straining to defrag, noticed
    >something odd.
    >
    >Next, a quick reminder/intro to Windows profiles, post NT4. There's a
    >subdirectory for each locally defined user, default install locates TEMP
    >etc. in there, to keep user settings and data separated. (Note that I'm
    >deliberately ignoring Home-style stuff, here). May be redirected, and
    >usually is, in a business environment.
    >
    >In general, there are not one, but two, areas of the profile that relate to
    >user settings (old, old story of two teams not communicating would be my
    >guess).
    >
    >Because it's a "special case" IE has its own admin/user-selectable cache
    >directory that may - or may not - lie outside of these directories. Ditto
    >TEMP (depends upon how complex you want you backup scripts to be, and the
    >levels of security you require for transient data files).
    >
    >Well, it seems that Firefox lumps its cache in the Application Settings
    >area. And there isn't an obvious way to change it through the GUI.
    >

    It's in the Firefox tips guide...

    http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips.html#oth_cache

    Essentially though, navigate to
    C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\XXXXX.default
    Create a file called User.js
    Paste this into it and save:

    // Path to Cache folder:
    user_pref("browser.cache.disk.parent_directory","x:\\");

    ...where X:\\ is the directory you want to place the cache ( note the
    backslashes ).

    Regards, 

    -- 
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk
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