285336 - Location of local disk cache conflicts with windows roaming profiles in corporate networks.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 74085

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Ted Crow]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1

By default, FireFox (possibly other Mozilla brosers as well?) creates the local
cache directory in the following directory:

"%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<<PROFILE DIR>>\Cache"

This conflicts with more advanced (split) roaming profile configurations found
on some corporate networks.  With the cache in it's current location, it forces
the Firefox cache to be replicated with the profile server, rather than kept
local.  Firefox and it's kin should use the following 'correct' path:

"%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<<PROFILE DIR>>\Cache"

Even better, create your own cache folder right along side of the ubiquitous
"Temporary Internet Files" Folder:

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Mozilla Cache

In an advanced roaming profile configuration, "Application Settings" is
synchronized with the profile server while the entire "Local Settings" folder is
left behind.  I believe Microsoft documents the difference in the XP spec.

http://www.microsoft.com/winlogo/software/downloads.mspx

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
No steps required, default application behavior.



Expected Results:  
Cache should be located in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Mozilla Cache

Comment 1

[Ted Crow]

Read Chapter 3 in Section 1 for details on properly dividing application data.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

Please search before and include Core/Toolkit products.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74085 ***