On 3/25/16, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> On 3/25/2016 1:38 PM, Lee wrote:
>> On 3/25/16, David E. Ross <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 3/25/2016 1:43 AM, Daniel wrote:
>>>> On 25/03/2016 3:44 AM, Lee wrote:
>>>>> On 3/24/16, Daniel <dan...@albury.net.spam.au> wrote:
>>>>>> On 24/03/2016 9:07 AM, Ant wrote:
>>>>>>> Wow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just noticed my Windows XP Pro SP3's C:\Documents and
>>>>>>> Settings\Ant\Application
>>>>>>> Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\0348axza3.sm2.10.1andNewer\Cache\
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> over 8 GB! It was supposed to be only using 350 MB according to
>>>>>>> about:cache and cache settings!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I went in there and noticed many Cache.Trash (directorie/folder)s.
>>>>>>> Why
>>>>>>> aren't these being automatically removed? Anyways, I manually
>>>>>>> deleted
>>>>>>> them in cmd.exe with "rmdir /s" command. Wow, that took forever to
>>>>>>> finish!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thought I'd look into this on my Win7 system, so entered "Cache" in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Windows File Manager Search function ......... and got 40,101 items
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> this Computer! Guess I've got a bit of Search refining to do. ;-(
>>>>>
>>>>> start / %LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles
>>>>> should open up windows explorer at the right place.  You'll have a
>>>>> [randomString].default directory & inside that is the cache & cache2
>>>>> directories
>>>>>
>>>>> Lee
>>>>
>>>> No, Lee, I don't have the [randomString].default directory, because, a
>>>> long time ago, I put my profile where I wanted it (on the G: drive)!!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ditto
>>
>> I would have never guessed that anyone that had put their profile in a
>> non-default location would use the Windows File Manager Search
>> function to find the SM cache & cache2 directories.  Oh well... my
>> mistake.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>
> At [Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Cache], I set my cache location for
> all four of my profiles to a common location.  That applies, however,
> only to the folder named Cache.  It does not apply to jumpListCache,
> OfflineCache, shortcutCache, or startupCache, each of which exists as
> profile-specific folders in each profile.
>
> There is no confusion caused by four profiles all using the same Cache
> folder.  This because I have checked the checkboxes for "Always clear by
> private data when I close SeaMonkey" and "Cache" at [Edit > Preferences
>> Privacy & Security > Private Data].  Thus, the "primary" cache always
> exists only for the current profile.

I'm not seeing how that relates to what I wrote, but it sounds like
you're happy with your setup so I'm happy for you :)

Best Regards,
Lee
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