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Internet Explorer 7 Misc

Change Cache Size

SUMMARY: Alter the amount of room Internet Explorer 7 can use to store Temporary Internet Files.

Internet Explorer 7 uses some of the room on your hard drive for its cache, a storage of Temporary Internet Files. This speeds up webpage display if you frequent the same pages often, as images, multimedia, and the pages themselves can be reloaded from disk instead of online.

If Internet Explorer 7 is filling up your hard drive by caching too much information, if you're worried about privacy, or if you have a large hard drive with plenty of room to store more cached items, this cache size can be altered.

1. Click on the "Tools" button in the toolbar.

2. Select "Internet Options" in the popup menu that follows.

3. When the "Internet Properties" dialog box appears, click the "General" tab,

4. Next to "Browsing History", click "Settings".

5. The "Temporary Internet Files and History Settings" dialog box appears. Next to "Disk space to use", choose how much disk space (in megabytes) to use.



Adjusting Internet Explorer 7's disk space to use for Temporary Internet Files


6. Click "OK" on the dialog boxes to close them.

 

 
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