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Muckl
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February 8, 2016
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To prepare my Upgrade to Win 10 What happens when I delete the Adobe\Common\Media Cache Files

  • February 8, 2016
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Hello,

now when preparing the upgrade from win 7 64bit to Win 10 I found a cache file with about 70.000 entries of .cfa files. I think this is the result of some years exercises with Adobe Bridge and Lightroom. The size is about 200 GB.  Regarding an effective saving of my system I try to get rid of all data I really don't need or if needed can easily reconstruct after installing the new system.

So I surely should know how I should handle those   Cache files. I should know, what happens when I delete them. Will my Lightroom catalogues  be touched / damaged / destroyed?

I am glad for any  assistance and clear advice.

Thanks in advance

Muck

The only cc apps I use  till now are Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere & Acrobat

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John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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February 8, 2016

This is about Premiere Pro

Drive C space http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1007934?tstart=0 see reply 4 for the setting that you need to manually change to a different drive... and then delete any old temp files

I don't use Lightroom, so can't comment on any temp files it may create

DO be aware that unless your programs are the latest ones from the Cloud you MAY have problems after updating to Win10, since Adobe only works on compatibility updates for CURRENT versions

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    MucklAuthor
    Participant
    February 8, 2016

    Hi John, thanks for answering. I tried to get the right understanding of what is described  at Harddisk usage/space problem with Premiere Pro ... | Adobe Community. But I fear not to completely understand  what I have to do or I can do with the . cfa files. What I read from the commentars is that a lot of persons ask what for so much hdd capacity  is needed and how to get rid of it. I think I need to know what happens when I have (definitively) deleted those files

    My steps to the "new world" are planned as follows:

    I use the Win 7 Upgrade feature to install Win 10

    The process will scratch all existing programs on my desktop CC inclusive

    After downloading  CC from Adobe I have a complete new installation

    With Lightroom I open my actual catalogue on the backup hdd and tell it where the  media files are located.

    When using Photoshop, Premiere and Acrobat I either work with a new object or open an existing file.

    I hope this will be a functional workflow with Win10 (as Adobe Support stated me today) and off course I hope not to run in a disaster. 

    Thanks for your advice. I let my question open hoping to get an answer to "what the hell the cfa files I have to handle"  .

    Muck

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