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relocate the Internet Cache from Disk C

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30Fyllos
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Playing Video (live TV) after a period of time 1.) the cache size grows to 1GB+ 2.) the Computer Fans start working in TURBO mode - very noisy - (ASUS Mobo Z87 Pro CPU Intel 64 Family i5 Core 4 4670K 16GB RAM). as a result, a) I have to close the Firefox b) Use CCleaner of CCleaner.com (always auto-updated to the last version). This started with late Versions of Firefox. I am not an expert, but my main concern is not the noise, but the use of System Disc (C). which is a Intel SSD of 111GB (nominal 120) with only 17.xGB left free (thanks to Windows 10 Pro). Apart of the size left free, if I am not wrong, I have read that writing-deleting in this kind of disks make their life sort. I thought that may be possible to direct the Firefox Cache to a HDD I use for storage. I will appreciate your helping me in this respect. Thank you in advance, irrespective of the final outcome. This is a Grate Browser, after all. 30Fyllos

Playing Video (live TV) after a period of time 1.) the cache size grows to 1GB+ 2.) the Computer Fans start working in TURBO mode - very noisy - (ASUS Mobo Z87 Pro CPU Intel 64 Family i5 Core 4 4670K 16GB RAM). as a result, a) I have to close the Firefox b) Use CCleaner of CCleaner.com (always auto-updated to the last version). This started with late Versions of Firefox. I am not an expert, but my main concern is not the noise, but the use of System Disc (C). which is a Intel SSD of 111GB (nominal 120) with only 17.xGB left free (thanks to Windows 10 Pro). Apart of the size left free, if I am not wrong, I have read that writing-deleting in this kind of disks make their life sort. I thought that may be possible to direct the Firefox Cache to a HDD I use for storage. I will appreciate your helping me in this respect. Thank you in advance, irrespective of the final outcome. This is a Grate Browser, after all. 30Fyllos

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You can set the path to the Firefox disk cache via this pref on the about:config page. You need to create this pref as a new String pref.

  • browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

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You can set the path to the Firefox disk cache via this pref on the about:config page. You need to create this pref as a new String pref.

  • browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

30Fyllos
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Everything went perfect. Care should be given from novices like me when adding the new string, the same popup window comes back empty, I repeated the entry of the string and I finished with a new string with a value same as it's name. At the second popup is the moment to fill in the directory. e.g. Disk:\folder., in my case "E:\FF Cache". I made the modification and after restart and first run of FF the cache2 folder was created (i.e. E:\FF Cache\cache2). For those who use a cleaning program like me (CCleaner) may have to include the "new directory" (i.e. E:\FF Cache\cache2) in the custom list of Folder of files to be deleted. I have once more to say thank you for the help. 30Fyllos PS. Sorry, I don't know how to mark the problem SOLVED.