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Firefox cache is running over the limit I have set

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My about:cache page is reading

Number of entries: 0 Maximum storage size: 204800 KiB Storage in use: 327666 KiB

Under the disk cache device.

I have reset it and cleared it multiple times, but it keeps doing this again each time.

My about:cache page is reading Number of entries: 0 Maximum storage size: 204800 KiB Storage in use: 327666 KiB Under the disk cache device. I have reset it and cleared it multiple times, but it keeps doing this again each time.

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Cleared everything, including deleting the entire cache folder, and yet still ... Maximum storage size: 204800 KiB Storage in use: 524288 KiB

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When this happens it basically bypasses my entire disk cache and Firefox only uses the memory cache, which is horribly inconvenient.

Modified by BrainDedd

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It seems the cause of this was cleaning my Windows temp folder while I was downloading files with Firefox. Not sure why, but the temporary files are linked to the cache in some way.

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Nope, so much for that ... it held for a while, and now it's over again ... sigh.

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Still present with 3.6.9

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Seems to happen when I download large (>300mb) files. Even with 3.6.10.