How to change the location of the cache folder?

decamelon

Hello Everyone, I have been enjoying Vivaldi since the beta version and love it so much. Special thanks for the super development team for their enduring updates! Today, I would like to set Vivaldi's cache folder onto RAM drive, but could not find such setting in the setting menu. Could anyone help me to change the cache folder location from default (maybe on C: drive) to another location? Thank you for your intelligent input. Sincerely yours, decamelon

decamelon

Thank you for your quick help!

Successfully could add the switch at the property menu of the short-cut.

I am very excited that Vivaldi has all features other browsers have and more!

Sincerely yours,
decamelon

rado84

@Gwen-Dragon:

You can select an other directory.
1. Select the desktop shortcut of Vivaldi
2. Hit Alt+Enter
3. Add commandline switch –disk-cache-dir= (add your directory after the in Destination field after vivaldi.exe

What if I don't use a desktop shortcut? I use only a pinned to taskbar icon which can not be edited in such a manner. Isn't there any other way to change the cache golder without having to use a desktop shortcut?

decamelon

Hi rado84,

Hope you are fine as usual.

You are right while Gwen-Dragon is also right.
I create the short-cut with the designated switch AND THEN pin it down to the task bar.
(I just drop-down the short-cut on to the task bar, you know.)
You will see the cache folder to the directory you switched for sure.

Sincerely yours,
decamelon

rado84

Yes, it worked. Thanks! :woohoo:

rado84

@decamelon:

Hi rado84,

Hope you are fine as usual.

You are right while Gwen-Dragon is also right.
I create the short-cut with the designated switch AND THEN pin it down to the task bar.
(I just drop-down the short-cut on to the task bar, you know.)
You will see the cache folder to the directory you switched for sure.

Sincerely yours,
decamelon

That used to work with v1.2. Ever since the latest beta build arrived (1.3.551.13), this method stopped working and the browser keeps ignoring the shortcut command for cache folder.

decamelon

Hi rado84,

Sorry my late response and sorry for my misinformation regarding this issue.
Recently, I have downgrade my latest browser to v1.2 stable for some reason…

I don't know how the development team would handle this feature at next stable version.
They might bring it as a new option in the setting menu??
I cross all my fingers for this new feature including my feet; )

Sincerely yours
decamelon.

ksandr1v

Universal solution - move needed folder to another place and than create symlink for it. Example (need admin right):

mklink /D C:\Users\alex\AppData\Local\Vivaldi D:\from_ssd\Vivaldi

qupear

@ksandr1v thanks a lot, that should work for everyone.

Tharon

Unfortunately using a symbolic link cause issues with widevine, making protected video and music unplayable.
I had issues with spotify and amazon prime until i removed the link.

DoctorG

@tharon Starting Vivaldi with desktop shortcut's parameter --disk-cache-dir=...... does not work?

Tharon

It's of no use. Only the foldesr DEF and Default are put in the new folder, all the streamed data are still writed in C:\

Tharon

Ok, i've found a valid workaround at least.

As i've said, using the mklink method cause issues with widevine, but linking only the "default" folder leaving the rest on C do the trick.

Something like this :

mklink /D C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\UserData\Default <new destination>