Is there a way to specify where this cache is stored? After running Inquiry for nearly a year, there were thousands of files in there.
Also, Norton occasionally reports viruses in the files stored there.
Source: C:\Documents and Settings\Ron\Local Settings\Application Data\MetaProducts\Inquiry\iqcache\5228\b\r\broadband.motorola.com\E38EF56440F4560
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Source: C:\Documents and Settings\Ron\Local Settings\Application Data\MetaProducts\Inquiry\iqcache\2228\a\k\ak.buy.com\6F7380766070A55
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You can do it in the Options dialog - Store Location. If a Web page contains viruses, Inquiry will save it as it is. We made Inquiry the way that it keeps all saved pages in a ZIP format, so it is easy for antivirus software to scan all saved pages and eliminate suspicious files.
Best regards,
Oleg Chernavin
MP Staff
I knew about Store Folder, that controls where you saved pages are stored. But what I`m asking about now is the IQCACHE folder. Mine is currently set to...
"C:\Documents and Settings\Ron\Local Settings\Application Data\MetaProducts\Inquiry\iqcache"
Regarding the viruses, anything`s possible, I just found it hard to believe that Buy.com or Motorola.com would contain viruses. My guess was that the files stored in IQCACHE just happened to contain a matching signature. That would be a rare coincidence though. Unless part of the random file name that Inquiry generates (6F7380766070A55) matches or partially matches a signature.
IQCache is a folder that contains the files that you view in the Internet. When IQ is about to save a page, it uses these files. So, if there is an ActiveX that was downloaded by MS IE when you view a Web page, it may contain a virus. Feel free to allow antivirus software to erase the files in IQ Cache. It should not affect anything.
Oleg.
Can I change the location of the icache folder?
We can add a Registry setting to change it. But why do you need it? To use another more capable hard disk to store the cache?
Oleg.
Not necessarily more capable, just better suited, i.e. a drive that contains frequently changing files. When setting up a new PC, one of the first things I do is change the location of IE`s cache and set the TMP & TEMP variables.
I try to keep C: free of any non-essential files.
OK. We will add this setting to 1.3 version.
Oleg.
Yes. You can use Windows Registry editor (regedit.exe) to change it:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MetaProducts\mpapp
Please add a string value
TempDir
Oleg.