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deleteing contents of cache folders in portableapps's apps to save hd space?

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billyMass
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deleteing contents of cache folders in portableapps's apps to save hd space?

hi

I see most apps have a "cache" folder, for example:
C:\PortableApps\ThunderbirdPortable\Data\profile\Cache

can I regularly delete the contents of these folders in order to save space on my hard drive ?
it there a feature in portableapps's platform that can do that for me regularly ?

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Portable apps platform does

Portable apps platform does not have a feature like that But here a simple script that you can remove these files quickly:

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:: Example: "E:\CLEAN DATAS.bat" E:\PortableApps

call:RemoveData %1 7-ZipPortable
call:RemoveData %1 AIMPPortable
call:RemoveData %1 AntRenamerPortable
call:RemoveData %1 AudacityPortable
call:RemoveData %1 BleachBitPortable
call:RemoveData %1 calibrePortable
call:RemoveData %1 CDExPortable
call:RemoveData %1 ConsolePortable
call:RemoveData %1 CubicExplorerPortable
call:RemoveData %1 DatabaseBrowserPortable

PAUSE
goto:eof

:RemoveData
RD /S /Q %1\PortableApps\%2\Data\profile\Cache
goto:eof
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Save this as a "CLEAN DATAS.bat" file. And call it from command line as on example.

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I'm actually asking if it's

I'm actually asking if it's ok to delete those folders.

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Our apps like Firefox are purposely configured to not cache. Thunderbird is configured to cache IMAP folders for better performance (otherwise it needs to download everything every time). You can disable this in Thunderbird's settings if you like.

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I will disable it on

I will disable it on ThunderBird
but is it ok to delete all the folders named "cache" under C:\PortableApps\ ? will it hurt any of the apps ?

I'm not getting a straight answer to this question

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Different

All apps are different. There are over 300 of em. I know that the browsers all have cache folders, but we disable it by default so they're mostly empty. Other than the browsers, Thunderbird is the only one that has a cache I can think of off hand and you can disable it if you like (at the expense of performance). Other app, you need to check into each app.

As a general rule, DO NOT randomly delete things just because they are called cache. Every app treats its internal data in its own way.

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