Resolved Where on my hard disk is Firefox's cache

What is the name of the file or folder where Firefox stores its web cache?

To be clear, what is Firefox's counterpart to IE's Content.ie5 folder?

 

I believe you'll find it (FF cache) at: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp (EDIT: That location is for Windows 7) What operating system are you referring to?

I don't have the answer for your second question.

 

Thanks for reading; but, that folder (C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Temp) on my system is totally empty.

I thought that might be because I have defined C:\Temp as the Temporary Files folder on my computer; but, I can't find anything obvious there either.

 

Try typing about:cache in the location bar as if it were a url & then press return.

You will get a ton of information.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/About_protocol_links

 

Thanks for the follow-up.

I already did that and here are the (lack of) results:

See attachments.

 

about:cache?device=memory

 

about:cache?device=memory is exactly what is in the address bar of one of the last attachments.

 

Hi Alex, Typing > about:cache > enter works for me. It reveals 3 caches to view! Neil.

 

It's a mystery.

 

Apparently, if you choose to automatically clear your cache when Firefox closes, Firefox will completely disable the cache.

This thread may offer some clues to the mystery:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/963436

 

That must be it. But I wonder why when I visit certain sites, I see ads in the margins for things I've searched for or bought on e-bay and I'm not logged in to e-bay nor on an e-bay-related site?

 

This isn't important enough to pursue further. So I don't waste more of anyone's time, I'm gonna marked this solved.

Thanks for the replies.

 

I know that whenever I open / export certain files (Excel files, Word files, PDFs, OFX files, etc.) via Firefox (in Windows 7), they always reside in the folder location I mentioned above.

My downloads default to the desktop.