The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116890   Message #2513190
Posted By: Bill D
11-Dec-08 - 10:26 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Cache viewing programs for browsers!
Subject: RE: Tech: Cache viewing programs for browsers!
Yes, you 'can' view (as I note above) the cache in almost any (maybe all) browsers...but what you can easily DO once you get there is sometimes pretty limited. Before I found these programs, I used a couple of really user-friendly file managers to access the cache and its files, and moved and deleted and copied what I wanted. Even then, it was often tricky.

And....a little known and certainly not publicized item is that, IF you have browsers other than Internet Explorer, their caches and temp files are indexed and/or saved by Windows in I.E.s temp folders! That is, even if you tell Opera or Firefox to clear downloaded files each day, the records of what and when you accessed various internet sites may still be kept in IE/Windows temp folder!
It takes some work to change this behavior....I'll post some details if anyone really wants..(I 'think' I already did a few months ago...I'll look)

Anyway, any help in being aware of cache contents and how to access them and/or manage them is welcome to those who care to bother...