Why does deleting a program cache speed it up?

DELTAsnake · Nov 19, 2009, 05:23 AM

World of Warcraft was taking 5 to 10 minutes to load, I had no idea what the problem was then a Guildie suggested deleting the cache files in my library folder. I deleted them and miraculously everything was fixed.

So why does deleting cache files speed up a program? I would have though it would slow down or even break a program.

sth · Nov 19, 2009, 05:52 AM

That's a WoW-specific problem. Seems like the files had been screwed up.

Nov 19, 2009, 05:23 AM	#1
DELTAsnake macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Australia	Why does deleting a program cache speed it up? World of Warcraft was taking 5 to 10 minutes to load, I had no idea what the problem was then a Guildie suggested deleting the cache files in my library folder. I deleted them and miraculously everything was fixed. So why does deleting cache files speed up a program? I would have though it would slow down or even break a program. __________________ iPhone 3G S⃣ 32GB iMac 24", 2.93ghz C2D, 4GB DDR3, 1TB HD, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB Macbook Pro 13", 2.53ghz C2D, 4GB DDR3, 250gb HD, nVidia 9400M

Nov 19, 2009, 05:52 AM	#2
sth macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2006	That's a WoW-specific problem. Seems like the files had been screwed up. __________________ C2D MBP 15", 2.33ghz, 4gb, 320gb iPhone 3GS 16gb / iPod Touch 2G 16gb

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