Automation clearing - browsers' cache, cookies, history (v.1.8.0.469)
Browsers: IE7 (7.0.6000.16643), Firefox (2.0.0.14), Opera (9.27.8841)
Cache:
Cookies:
History:
- IE7 ------ C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5\MSHist*
Firefox - ?
Opera -- ?
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Cache content at start of test (browsers not running):
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 110 files, 741 KB
Firefox - 0 folders, 143 files, 8.36 MB
Opera -- 1 folder, 6 files, 34.6 KB
*** Run "Clear cache of browsers" from the desktop (<ClearBrowserCache><Terminate>)
. . . Browsers not running; UAC off
Cache content at end of test:
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 112 files, 4.25 MB
Firefox - 0 folders, 143 files, 8.36 MB
Opera -- 1 folder, 6 files, 34.6 KB
Conclusions:
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Cache content at start of test (browsers not running):
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 114 files, 4.25 MB
Firefox - 0 folders, 143 files, 8.36 MB
Opera -- 1 folder, 6 files, 34.6 KB
*** Run "Clear cache of browsers" from the desktop (<ClearBrowserCache><Terminate>)
. . . Browsers not running; UAC on (required Windows restart)
Cache content at end of test:
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 114 files, 4.25 MB
Firefox - 0 folders, 143 files, 8.36 MB
Opera -- 1 folder, 6 files, 34.6 KB
Conclusions:
- UAC made no difference
The desktop "Clear cache of browsers" used a lot of cpu cycles but did nothing significant to any browser's cache
IE7 ------ cache not cleared
Firefox - cache not cleared
Opera -- cache not cleared
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Cache content at start of test (browsers running):
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 214 files, 4.74 MB
Firefox - 0 folders, 143 files, 8.36 MB
Opera -- 1 folder, 30 files, 34.6 KB
*** Run "Clear cache of browsers" from the desktop (<ClearBrowserCache><Terminate>)
. . . Browsers running; UAC off (required Windows restart)
Cache content at end of test:
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 214 files, 4.74 MB
Firefox - 0 folders, 144 files, 8.41 MB
Opera -- 1 folder, 30 files, 34.6 KB
Conclusions:
- The desktop "Clear cache of browsers" used a lot of cpu cycles but did nothing significant to any browser's cache
IE7 ------ cache not cleared
Firefox - cache not cleared
Opera -- cache not cleared
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Overall conclusion: the <ClearBrowserCache> feature goes through a lot of motion but does nothing noticeable
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Confirmation -- using the browsers' own "clear cache" features resulted in this outcome (after closing the browsers):
- IE7 ------ 5 folders, 6 files, 3.53 MB (index.dat size = 3.53 MB
Firefox - 0 folders, 4 files, 20.2 KB
Opera -- 1 folder, 1 files, 4 KB
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Note: my next post in this topic will be a test of "Clear cookies of browsers"
