The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Where does the incompletely downloaded files go

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Yellowknight888, Nov 14, 2008.

  1. Yellowknight888

    Yellowknight888 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    66
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    It may be a trivial question, I can't seem to locate the storage of all the incompletely downloaded files. I recall there is a folder somewhere storing all these files, but I can't remember the exact directory.
     
    Yellowknight888, Nov 14, 2008
    #1
  2. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

    Reputations:
    502
    Messages:
    1,238
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Check your cache folder , i might be there ( if not using any Download managers )

    General Firefox cache folder path in Windows Vista:

    cd %LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\
    cd Profiles\alpha-numeric.default\Cache

    General Firefox cache folder path in Windows XP / Windows 2000:

    cd C:\Documents and Settings\User_Logon_Name\
    cd Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\
    cd Profiles\alpha-numeric.default\Cache
     
    vinumsv, Nov 14, 2008
    #2
  3. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    71
    Messages:
    463
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Is it ok to delete these files, the files in my folder are 55mb?
     
    Carrot Muncher, Nov 14, 2008
    #3
  4. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

    Reputations:
    502
    Messages:
    1,238
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    you mean files in the Cache Folder mate ? then yes but i would doing it within the browsers itself

    all most all browsers comes with the option to clear cache :D
     
    vinumsv, Nov 14, 2008
    #4
  5. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    71
    Messages:
    463
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    lol, you'll have to ignore my stupidity I didn't even think about deleting the cache from ff. :rolleyes:
     
    Carrot Muncher, Nov 14, 2008
    #5
  6. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

    Reputations:
    502
    Messages:
    1,238
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    :D Then what ?
     
    vinumsv, Nov 14, 2008
    #6
  7. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    71
    Messages:
    463
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Dunno what?
     
    Carrot Muncher, Nov 14, 2008
    #7
  8. Yellowknight888

    Yellowknight888 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    66
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Awesome, thx, so THAT's what cache is for...
     
    Yellowknight888, Nov 15, 2008
    #8