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How to redirect the Remote Desktop Cache Files location?
- Ramesh Srinivasan
- July 4, 2006
- Windows XP
Introduction
Remote Desktop uses bitmap caching, which provides a substantial improvement in performance over low-bandwidth connections, especially when running applications that make extensive use of large bitmaps. The cached files (*.BMC) are stored in the following location, by default:
%Userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\cache
This article describes how to relocate the bitmap cache path to a different folder or drive.
Relocating the Remote Desktop Cache files
- Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Terminal Server Client
- Create a new value (REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ types) named BitmapPersistCacheLocation and set its data accordingly.
For example, to relocate the cache folder to D:\RDPCache, type D:\RDPCache as the data.
Disk Cleanup utility - Remote Desktop Cache Files
To make Disk Cleanup aware of the path change, use these steps:
- Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ VolumeCaches \ Remote Desktop Cache Files
- Backup the branch to a REG file.
- In the right-pane, delete the value named CSIDL
- Double-click the value named Folder
- Type the full path of the Remote Desktop cache folder (D:\RDPCache)
- Close Regedit.exe