Premiere Pro Preferences / Media Cache settings for all users in Active Directory

Question

I am an IT-Admin at a school. Out PCs got a 265gb SSD and a 1TB HDD. Now, i fear that the Media cache will fill up quite quicky since it's default location is the user-Folder and lots of students will use the pcs to edit their videos.

First i thought, I'll just find and edit the corresponding preferences-file and deploy it via GPO. I've spent hours searching for a prefences-file or a registry entry, i even monitored file or registry changes but i couldn't find anything.

Apperently, there is no file that has media cache settings in C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\12.0. Does such a file even exist?

Is there any other way to change the Media Cache Folder for all users?

lucasow · Accepted Answer

I found registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common 13.0\Media Cache. You can set DatabasePath and FolderPath.I just tested it for Premiere Pro 2019 and it works fine for me:)

Kevin-Monahan · Answer

David P,Though it is possible, for performance and stability purposes, it is not recommended to place the Media Cache on a network drive. We do not support this practice, sorry. Cache files should live locally for best practices.You may need to set up a schedule to delete media cache on a scheduled basis to keep these computers from having to many of these files. Fortunately, when cache is missing from a student's project, It is rebuilt automatically.Thanks,Kevin

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