How to set the cache size

How to set the cache size

The cache is the specially selected part of the place on the hard drive which accelerates a program runtime due to saving already loaded information. Most often it is about a preview player of Internet pages. The special value has this parameter for those who are fond of online games or viewing video online. But consider that at the shortage of free space on a disk the general high-speed performance of a system can decrease.

Instruction

1. Start the program which you use for the game or for viewing resources the Internet. The most popular are Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer for today. There are much others, but usually developers are guided by the most used.

2. OperaNazhmite the button with the Opera logo the left mouse button. Select the Setup item, the General settings submenu. Activate the Expanded bookmark and click the inscription "History" in a column at the left. In the main part of a window there will be a page with settings, one of which and is called: "Disk cache" and "Cache in memory". Select the necessary values from drop-down lists, then click "OK" in the lower part and close the browser. Changes will become effective at next run of the program.

3. Mozilla FirefoxNazhmite the Tools button in a top line, select the left mouse button the Setup item to open a window of parameters. Select the Additional bookmark and I will change "Network". Automatic adjustment of the size of a cache is by default used. Check opposite to the inscription "Turn Off Automatic Control of a Cache" and provide the desirable size below. After that save settings, having clicked OK in the lower half of a window. When start Firefox next time, the cache will occupy no more than the value specified by you.

4. Internet ExplorerNazhmite on the keyboard the Alt button to open the menu in Internet Explorer. Select the menu "Service", the Internet Options submenu. On the General bookmark click the inscription "Parameters" in the section "History of Viewing". In a middle part of a window you will see the field in which specify the necessary size of disk space used by the browser. Also you can select the specific folder for this purpose. Click OK, and then "Apply". So you save the made changes.

5. In Google Chrome there is no opportunity to specify cache parameters through the menu. But if it is necessary, right-click on a browser label on a desktop and select the Properties menu. The window in which find a line "Object" will open. Click on an inscription and click the END key to pass into a line end. Put a space and add such text: - disk-cache-size=300000000. Everything is written without spaces. Digits mean the cache size in bytes so you can specify any desirable value. Surely click "Apply" and OK that parameters were saved.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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