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change cache directory in version 63

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Want to change my cache location from C drive to my ramdisk.

in previous version it was:

1. about:config 2. browser.cache.disk.parent_directory 3. change path

but browser.cache.disk.parent_directory no longer exists in v.63.

Thanks for your help

Want to change my cache location from C drive to my ramdisk. in previous version it was: 1. about:config 2. browser.cache.disk.parent_directory 3. change path but browser.cache.disk.parent_directory no longer exists in v.63. Thanks for your help

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You can still create this preference and it will be working.

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You can still create this preference and it will be working.

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awesome it works. forgot one step, which was creating a new string. thanks a bunch.

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Note that this pref has never existed by default on the about:config page, you always had to create a new String pref.