andy_rose Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Is there a way to clean the cache etc without opening Firefox itself, and without any cleaner apps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance. Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Why the "without opening firefox"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdodson Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Options > Privacy > "Always clear my private data when I close firefox" and select the cache + any others you want in the settings box. Otherwise go to C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\Cache and delete it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettetech Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Not that I know of but whats wrong with using cCleaner. Works great and if you select the setting close when done all you need to do is open it up and click "run cleaner" and when its done it closes automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 Not that I know of but whats wrong with using cCleaner. Works great and if you select the setting close when done all you need to do is open it up and click "run cleaner" and when its done it closes automatically. I'm on Vista and ccleaner does not work as it should there. When 2.0 is done I will use it all the time, but for now I'm staying away. Thanx for the tips :) I know I can clean it whenever I close Firefox so I guess thats my closest alternative:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyoncmdr Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 You could always make a batch file that deletes everything in the cache folder, which you can run whenever you want to clean the cache... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 I'm on Vista and ccleaner does not work as it should there. When 2.0 is done I will use it all the time, but for now I'm staying away.Thanx for the tips :) I know I can clean it whenever I close Firefox so I guess thats my closest alternative:) CCleaner works fine on Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted May 20, 2007 Author Share Posted May 20, 2007 You could always make a batch file that deletes everything in the cache folder, which you can run whenever you want to clean the cache... :D Yeah if I only knew how to do that. Anyone willing to do a batch file that would clean Browsing history, Download history, Saved Form and Search history, Cache, Cookies and Authenticated Sessions? Only thing I dont want cleaned is Saved Passwords. TIA :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony-inpo Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 I'm running vista and ccleaner works fine for me, but... This: Options > Privacy > "Always clear my private data when I close firefox" and select the cache + any others you want in the settings box. Will do this: clean Browsing history, Download history, Saved Form and Search history, Cache, Cookies and Authenticated Sessions?Only thing I dont want cleaned is Saved Passwords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted May 20, 2007 Author Share Posted May 20, 2007 Yeah, well I dont want to install any apps, and also dont want to clean the cache everytime I close the browser. I open and close it very often, and then I have to re-enter the passwords all the time on forums etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdodson Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Then right before you close it on the time you want to clean, hit ctrl+shift+delete and choose what to clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Yeah, well I dont want to install any apps, and also dont want to clean the cache everytime I close the browser. I open and close it very often, and then I have to re-enter the passwords all the time on forums etc. The cache has nothing to do with saved passwords. Just make sure it doesnt delete your cookies along with the cache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Sorry guys, I think you have misunderstood me. I used to use like 5 clean up apps everytime I wanted to clean my pc. Now I wanna try to just use the built-in disk cleaner and something, like a batch file, to clean the firefox cache, downloaded history etc. I reboot before every clean up, and I just dont want to start firefox to get the stuff cleaned. Thats it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I dont know where History and stuff is stored, but for cache, you could use this. I'm not sure how the user folders are laid out in Vista, so you might have to edit it: cd %appdata%\..\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<<the folder name here>>\Cache echo Y| del *.* Save as a bat file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 I dont know where History and stuff is stored, but for cache, you could use this. I'm not sure how the user folders are laid out in Vista, so you might have to edit it: cd %appdata%\..\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<<the folder name here>>\Cache echo Y| del *.* Save as a bat file. Yeah, thanx, that cleared the cache. Gonna see if I can get it to clean the other stuff as well. Thanx again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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