Thursday, February 21, 2008

Changing the Directory for the Internet Explorer Cache

By default, the Internet Explorer creates four directories Cache1-4 where it places all the HTML pages, graphics, AVI's etc that you view

If you want to move this location or even have only one cache that points to a directory of your choice:

  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Internet Settings / Cache / Path / Path1-4
  3. Change the value of the paths to a single location or any location of your choice
  4. You can even just have PATH1 and delete the other three
  5. The next time you start the Internet Explorer, the cache files will only be placed in the directories of your choice

This can be useful if you want to delete the files often. You can then just delete the files in the single directory

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