Comments on: Viewing Browser Cache in Firefox

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:20:36 +0000

One web site that I access on a single networked computer continually recovers an old version of the site. I have cleared the cache, but the problem persists. A friend asked me about proxies on this computer, but to my knowledge there are no proxies set up.

this XP, SP2 PC was purchased from the Dell used equipment store. Any ideas. Other computers in my office network access the current version of the site, but not the Dell box. Really strange.

Any assistance would be most appreciated. Thank you.

Wayne A. English
WebContentRx.com

By: queenofspades

queenofspades — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:19:16 +0000

can’t get this to work on my firefox 2.0.0.11 on mac os X 10.4.11
any thoughts?

By: collector

collector — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:19:14 +0000

Saved me hours. Thank you for the tip!

By: a searcher

a searcher — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:02:46 +0000

if a page (with dinamically changing content) was fetched in the browser 20 times, is it possible to recover an older version from the firefox’s cache?

By: exc

exc — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:15:03 +0000

Cache Viewer 0.4.3 doesn’t work for YouTube any better than VideoDownloader or Unplug. Nice little gadget, otherwise.

By: vengy

vengy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:19:53 +0000

I’ve extended the WebCacheViewer to show FireFox and IE history. Thanks.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:21:54 +0000

Siobhan – you will need to use windows file manger for this. The mozilla cache directory is a file subdirectory on your hard disk.

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:57:03 +0000

How does one delete the files? Thx!

By: B

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:46:53 +0000

Anyone use windows washer? You’ll notice when it shreds the cache – even when using mozilla – the actual stored files are in IE temporary internet files folder, the mozilla cache just stores browsing history. Seems quite pointless.

By: bernard

bernard — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:45:32 +0000

thanks, very helpful

By: smiley

smiley — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:45:10 +0000

yes! CacheViewer addon – finally I dont have to manually browse the msie cache to look for the files or the messy about:cache. THX Kartik Desai!

By: Canuck

Canuck — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:56:57 +0000

If you use the about:cache , you can then use edit/find for the file you need (ie. xyz.wav)in the disk cache section. It will find it, then click on the hyperlink and it opens another section of about:cache (cache entry infomation) that lists the full path and name of the file, size blah blah blah

ie: \Documents and Settings\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3d5468a\cacheF66645795

If its a pic you just click on the link and it opens the pic in your browser.

of course since you are multitasking you already have windows explorer open to \Documents and Settings\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\3d5468a\cache\ and then all you do is right click on the filename you want, click open with mediaplayer (or recorder or….) and then save it from there with the right extension. Since you already know what filetype you are looking for of course you know what program to use to open it.

The nice thing is IE people can never find your files or figure out what they are this way. Prevents nosy people from seeing what you have.

By: Donovan

Donovan — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:42:04 +0000

Very handy tip, I’ve been wondering how to do this for some time. Thankyou!

By: wu

wu — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:12:37 +0000

Best cache viewer was early mozilla, I hate the fact that I can’t browse my cache..
by doing about:cache you get lost in your cache it’s not really browsing…

By: Carlk

Carlk — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:07:51 +0000

Before reading any of this I found V-Com’s PowerDesk (~$35 bargain!)filemanager with Viewers let me find things in cache.
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My old V.5 with Inso QuickViewers displays .txt, .123 .xLs, .pdf, but not .swf. Anyway FireFox’s re-naming makes it hard to find them.