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383463 2005-08-24 14:31:00 im going crazy, i cant find where firefox stores it's temp files... i used to know but im getting dumber by the minute these days... please can someone help me... with the location atleast... im guessing the default location too :dogeye:
thanks!
bizzack (7739)
383464 2005-08-24 16:28:00 Do you mean "cache" (temp files)
If so Tools>Options>Privacy>Cache.

Otherwise a post in the MozillaZine Forum may help
forums.mozillazine.org
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ooh yeh (2935)
383465 2005-08-24 16:34:00 Not sure if Windows 98se is any different but I did a hard drive search on "Cache"

and found a "Cache" folder

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\5vlq6s6f.default\Cac he
ERR (8231)
383466 2005-08-24 19:44:00 i finally found the cache... but all the files are unassociated, so i cant tell what is what and cant find the peice of music that i was after... =( bizzack (7739)
383467 2005-08-24 20:25:00 yes well I just deleted a bit of cache thinking I could recover a bit of hard drive space now I had to reenter web site passwords, reset my desktop, and reset the farting noise (or was it bleaching) when my computer has finished booting. ERR (8231)
383468 2005-08-24 20:26:00 To find files in cache (or anywhere else that I might have lost them) I use Ztree file manager. I log the relevant hard drive, or all drives if really stumped, and do an "all files" (*.*) descending order sort by date.

If I just downloaded or saved the file it will be in the top 10-20 files, otherwise I go down to the date band where it should be. It never fails, and saves me from all sorts of errors like files saved without a suffix or accidentally saved to the wrong folder. You can also do a search of all files for a specific word to find a really obscure file.

Searching is very fast indeed and beats Windows search hands down.

Ztree is a free download with nagging beeps on start-up after trial expiry, but keeps working. You have to read the help files to understand how to use it but it is worth the effort.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
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