Google Earth on non-english OS versions

Hello all!

Yesterday, I caved in and installed Google Earth. It is going to be used at the World Gliding Championships 2006 and I simply had my arm twisted behind my back. I had to learn the basics.

Today, I learned more than I needed. It seems like Google Earth does not go well with non-english versions of the OS.

The first issue was when I changed from DirectX mode to OpenGL mode and back, just to test: It cleared my cookies and I had to relog in on every site that requires it. It also cleared some of the history (recently used links get different colour in web pages).

Next, I found out that it had increased my TIF cache size from a few MB to 368 MB. (That is a setting which can be altered but I didn't expect it to interfere with the TIF cache.) I can no longer clear my TIF cache from the IE control panel.

The reason for this may be that it installed a new folder: C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth

The localized (swedish) path should be C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Lokala inställningar\... which means that it probably messed up the registry. The TIF folder is in that location.

I don't think that Google Earth will survive the night on my computer but has anyone else noticed the same issues?

Thanks for your time,
Christer

 

Zander,
confusing it is but when I reduced the cache in Google Earth from 400 MB (default) to to a few MB, the value in Internet Explorer was reduced too. I could still NOT clear the cache. It has got to do with a conflict between language versions.

Christer