Guest mikew Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Is it safe to move the DLLCACHE folder off my system partition, if I change the registry entries indicated below. I found the below instructions for doing this on Windows 2000 but I need confirmation that it is okay to do this in Windows Server 2003. Need to free up some disk space. TIA, .. By default, the DLL cache is stored in \%systemroot%\system32\dllcache. To move the DLL cache, complete the following steps: 1. Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe not regedit.exe). 2. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. 3. From the Edit menu, select Add Value. 4. Set the name to SFCDllCacheDir and the type to REG_EXPAND_SZ. Click OK. 5. Enter the string for the cache’s new location (e.g., C:\files\dllcache), and click OK. (The location must be a local path.) 6. Close the registry editor.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Re: my \%systemroot%\system32\dllcache is too big You might look at the purgecache and cachesize switches. sfc [/scannow] [/scanonce] [/scanboot] [/revert] [/purgecache] [/cachesize=x] Parameters /scannow Scans all protected system files immediately. /scanonce Scans all protected system files once. /scanboot Scans all protected system files every time the computer is restarted. /revert Returns the scan to its default operation. /purgecache Purges the Windows File Protection file cache and scans all protected system files immediately. /cachesize=x Sets the size, in MB, of the Windows File Protection file cache. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mikew" wrote: > Is it safe to move the DLLCACHE folder off my system partition, if I > change > the registry entries indicated below. I found the below instructions for > doing this on Windows 2000 but I need confirmation that it is okay to do > this > in Windows Server 2003. Need to free up some disk space. TIA, > > . By default, the DLL cache is stored in \%systemroot%\system32\dllcache. > To move the DLL cache, complete the following steps: > 1. Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe not regedit.exe). > 2. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows > NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. > 3. From the Edit menu, select Add Value. > 4. Set the name to SFCDllCacheDir and the type to REG_EXPAND_SZ. Click OK. > 5. Enter the string for the cache’s new location (e.g., > C:\files\dllcache), > and click OK. (The location must be a local path.) > 6. Close the registry editor. > >
Guest mikew Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Re: my \%systemroot%\system32\dllcache is too big Thanks. I guess its not safe to move it. "Dave Patrick" wrote: > You might look at the purgecache and cachesize switches. > > > sfc [/scannow] [/scanonce] [/scanboot] [/revert] [/purgecache] > [/cachesize=x] > > Parameters > /scannow > Scans all protected system files immediately. > /scanonce > Scans all protected system files once. > /scanboot > Scans all protected system files every time the computer is restarted. > /revert > Returns the scan to its default operation. > /purgecache > Purges the Windows File Protection file cache and scans all protected system > files immediately. > /cachesize=x > Sets the size, in MB, of the Windows File Protection file cache. > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "mikew" wrote: > > Is it safe to move the DLLCACHE folder off my system partition, if I > > change > > the registry entries indicated below. I found the below instructions for > > doing this on Windows 2000 but I need confirmation that it is okay to do > > this > > in Windows Server 2003. Need to free up some disk space. TIA, > > > > . By default, the DLL cache is stored in \%systemroot%\system32\dllcache. > > To move the DLL cache, complete the following steps: > > 1. Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe not regedit.exe). > > 2. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows > > NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. > > 3. From the Edit menu, select Add Value. > > 4. Set the name to SFCDllCacheDir and the type to REG_EXPAND_SZ. Click OK. > > 5. Enter the string for the cache’s new location (e.g., > > C:\files\dllcache), > > and click OK. (The location must be a local path.) > > 6. Close the registry editor. > > > > >
Guest Dave Patrick Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 Re: my \%systemroot%\system32\dllcache is too big No, not recommended. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mikew" wrote: > Thanks. I guess its not safe to move it.
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