How To Limit PIE's Cache Size In WM2003

[Janak Parekh]

http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=1938

"One of the main causes of having insufficient memory can sometimes be attributed to a voice recording which has been long forgotten but still resides in main RAM. Sometimes it's the abundance of email attachments stored for sentimental value, and most of the time, particularly if the user uses Pocket Internet Explorer, is the large amount of Temporary Internet Files stored in folders nested deep into what seems to be oblivion...There used to be a tool for the old Pocket PC to limit the size of the cache. Sadly, this old utility no longer works for Windows Mobile 2003 based Pocket PCs. But the nice thing is, this is something which can easily be remedied by a registry hack."

I've seen users ask this question many times, and I'm glad to see Carlo over at PPCW dug around and found out the answer. As long as you're comfortable with editing the registry (you can use a free tool like PHM RegEdit), you might find this useful if you surf a lot on your Pocket PC.

[Janak Parekh]

http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=1938

"One of the main causes of having insufficient memory can sometimes be attributed to a voice recording which has been long forgotten but still resides in main RAM. Sometimes it's the abundance of email attachments stored for sentimental value, and most of the time, particularly if the user uses Pocket Internet Explorer, is the large amount of Temporary Internet Files stored in folders nested deep into what seems to be oblivion...There used to be a tool for the old Pocket PC to limit the size of the cache. Sadly, this old utility no longer works for Windows Mobile 2003 based Pocket PCs. But the nice thing is, this is something which can easily be remedied by a registry hack."

I've seen users ask this question many times, and I'm glad to see Carlo over at PPCW dug around and found out the answer. As long as you're comfortable with editing the registry (you can use a free tool like PHM RegEdit), you might find this useful if you surf a lot on your Pocket PC.

[jgoodman]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

"One of the main causes of having insufficient memory can sometimes be attributed to a voice recording which has been long forgotten but still resides in main RAM.... and most of the time, particularly if the user uses Pocket Internet Explorer, is the large amount of Temporary Internet Files stored in folders nested deep into what seems to be oblivion..."

I use Pocket Mechanic, which has an awesome "System Cleanup" function, among many other tools like repair, defrag, formatting, memory check, so many useful items. One of my "must-have" apps...

http://www.omegaone.com/PocketPC/PM.html


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John K. Goodman - Los Angeles
http://users.cwnet.com/jgoodman/A716...716Review.html

[mara6]

There is an easier way to limit the size of PIE temp files. Just download Microsofts Pocket Internet Explorer Tools. It allows you to change the amount of storage available for temporary Internet files.

Download Here (Scroll down until you get to Microsoft Internet Explorer Tools for Pocket PCs).

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by marko681

There is an easier way to limit the size of PIE temp files. Just download Microsofts Pocket Internet Explorer Tools. It allows you to change the amount of storage available for temporary Internet files.

Ah, but as the article I linked to said, that doesn't work for WM2003. :|

--janak

[mara6]

I got it to work fine... :roll:

[MobileAGBell]

MS Pocket Internet Explorer Tools works on my 4155 and 5555.

[Janak Parekh]

Go figure... I guess it differs based on which device you have. :|

Thanks for the heads-up.

--janak

[that_kid]

Originally Posted by ronman

MS Pocket Internet Explorer Tools works on my 4155 and 5555.

Hmm that's strange, I couldn't get it to work on any of my windows mobile 2003 devices(4150,4350,5450 and 5555). It installs but you can't set the cache limit.

[MobileAGBell]

I just double checked both devices again. I can move the slider, setting the cache limit, watching the cache figure change, on both devices. I set my 4155 is set to 0.00MB and the 5555 to 4.67MB. Reset both devices and the cache figures did not change.

Any guess why it does not work on some devices?

[ppcsurfr]

Originally Posted by ronman

I just double checked both devices again. I can move the slider, setting the cache limit, watching the cache figure change, on both devices. I set my 4155 is set to 0.00MB and the 5555 to 4.67MB. Reset both devices and the cache figures did not change.

Any guess why it does not work on some devices?

Jump into the registry and see if the figures there really change...

The registry location has also changed... so if you are setting any figures in the utility, it's setting it in some remote location which isn't being used. And since they've changed the location of the cache folder... the old utility stopped working...

Just check in the IE.5 registry settings if it does change for you... mine don't when I use the utility... also, you can check your Temporary Internet Files folder which is now relocated into another location inside the Windows Folder...

Previous PPCs,
Registry\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheLimit

WM 2003,
Registry\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CacheLimit

Registry\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\PerUserItem

is set to (1) which means it is user based

Registry\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\PerUserItem

is set to (1) which seems to send it back to HKCU

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Registry\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheLimit

exists but seem to have no effect on the actual cache control

IE Tools modifies the entries in Registry\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheLimit

If you change the values of PerUserItem from (1) to (0) which appears in two instances... one in HKCU and one in HKLM, moves the control for the cache to

Registry\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CacheLimit

But still... even if you can set IE Tools to a value other than what is stated in the IE Tools applet... the values do not do anything. So IE Tools still will not work.

Carlo