IE 10 on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Professional: WebcacheV01.dat size

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 SP1 x64 & x86 Professional
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    IE 10 on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Professional: WebcacheV01.dat size


    I recently changed from IE9 to IE 10 Preview on my Windows 7 SP1 x86 and x64 Professional systems. IE 10 is functioning very well on my systems.

    Variable WebcacheV01.dat is located in the C:\Users\"MyName"\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Webcache folder. This variable keeps increasing in size at a rate of 5-10 mbytes per day depending on my browsing requirements.

    I have not been able to define a setting or method for limiting the size of WebcacheV01.dat or for clearing it.

    Does anyone know how to control the size of this variable?
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  2. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #2

    Welcome to Seven Forums siliconman01. Only took you 3 years to have a problem to post? I can find very little reference to WebcacheV01.dat at all. Mostly just logs saying

    taskhostex (1768) An attempt to open the file "C:\Users\Damien\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\W ebCache\WebCacheV01.dat" for read only access failed with system error 32 (0x00000020): "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ". The open file operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).
    Or similar. Is the file getting abnormally large, or do you just want to keep control of everything? I can understand that. But hopefully someone who has IE10 installed will comment. I doubt they would know about limiting the size of a dat file though. I suspect you could delete it and it would be recreated, but I won't suggest that. Good luck. A Guy
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 SP1 x64 & x86 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #3

    My Google searches found nothing either. It's headed for 80-100+ mbytes in size from the 32 mbytes that it started at. I just do not like to see a file gobbling up disk space unless there are visible performance or security returns.
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  4. Posts : 33
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #4

    It must be browsers cache - go to options -> general -> browsing history settings -> disk space to use :)
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 SP1 x64 & x86 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #5

    startas said:
    It must be browsers cache - go to options -> general -> browsing history settings -> disk space to use :)
    That was my thought too. However, those settings do not have any affect on limiting the size....or turning off web caching. I tried changes and nothing impacted webcacheV01.dat.
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  6. Posts : 2,240
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #6

    It could be just a glitch in IE 10 given the fact it's still a beta for windows 7. I know when I was testing windows 8 and using ie 10 in metro some webpages had issues yet while using IE 10 in desktop mode the same webpage worked normally. Then when 8 was released those particular webpages worked as they should in both metro and desktop.
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  7. Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
       #7

    IE 10 Web Cache


    You people have me wondering. I did a search with very few results, none helpful.

    Here is a snip of my directory. IE 10 has only been installed for two days. I'll be watching this for size, etc.

    IE 10 on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Professional:  WebcacheV01.dat size-web.png
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  8. Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
       #8

    Flash


    Is the same flash ver for IE9 good in IE10? I see on the Adobe site there are versions for Win 8 etc. I am using a 32 bit ver that is up to date for IE9.

    I think I might be having flash problems.
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  9. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 SP1 x64 & x86 Professional
    Thread Starter
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    HammerHead said:
    Is the same flash ver for IE9 good in IE10? I see on the Adobe site there are versions for Win 8 etc. I am using a 32 bit ver that is up to date for IE9.

    I think I might be having flash problems.
    Flash Player V11.5.502.110 is working fine on my IE 10 on Win 7 SP1 x64 and x86 Professional.
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  10. Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
       #10

    Flash Ver


    OK Siliconman, that is the ver I am running. I must have a problem somewhere else.
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