veracrypt_browser_cache

creates, formats, and mounts a temporary veracrypt drive that exists until reboot when its recreated with a different random password. it can be scheduled to run on startup to provide an on-restart empty/clean drive, for use for windows temporary storage or as a cache to your browser.

install

1. install git desktop or other source of openssl.exe
2. launch Task Scheduler, create task
3. configure to run with highest privileges, and to run whether user is logged on or not
4. configure trigger to run on system start
5. configure action to start a program and locate the vera.cmd
6. edit vera.cmd to provide the path to where openssl.exe is located. increase the default 200M to meet your needs
7. reboot or run the scheduled task

browser cache - firefox / waterfox (etc)

1. about:config
2. create a string for browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
3. set to r:\ff (or r:\wf etc)
4. restart firefox
5. check path is used in about:cache

browser cache - chrome

1. add the following parameter to the chrome shortcut --disk-cache-dir="r:" --disk-cache-size=20485760

browser cache - edge

1. go to path "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default"
2. delete folder "Cache"
3. open admin cmd, enter command mklink /d "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache" "r:"

profile temp

1. start Settings
2. search for "advanced system settings" and open
3. click "environment variables"
4. in the "user varabiles for YOUR_USER" edit the TEMP and TMP variables and change to r:\
5. Click ok and save, confirming any changes

windows temp (not recommended that you change this)

1. start Settings
2. search for "advanced system settings" and open
3. click "advanced tab"
4. in the "system varabiles" edit the TEMP and TMP variables and change to r:\
5. Click ok and save, confirming any changes