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Not able to change firefox changed Cache location?


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#1 OFFLINE   MatrixAce

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:36 AM

Hi Everyone.

Does anyone know the current CCleaner able to clean if firefox default cache location have been changed?

I've tested a few times but CCleaner doesn't seems to be able to clear the cache of firefox (3.5.5)

I've changed the location of the firefox cache to a cache drive, (D:\Cache\Firefox) using the following:

1. Open firefox.
2. At the address bar, type "about:config"
3. Add "browser.cache.disk.parent_directory"
4. Value set as "D:\\Cache\\Firefox"

The cache is working perfectly fine but Ccleaner is not able to detect the new cache location changed...
Anyway for Ccleaner to pickup the new cache location from the firefox settings?

#2 OFFLINE   Nergal

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:48 AM

You'll have to use Tools>Include for custom locations or make a winapp2.ini
ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION
DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF.
Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark)
ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T.
CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND AT www.piriform.com/docs
Link to Winapp2.ini explaination