Folder %USERPROFILE%\Appdata\local\Microsoft\Windows\caches created everywhere

Everywhere in all folders that I access a new (empty) folder is created called:
%USERPROFILE%\Appdata\local\Microsoft\Windows\caches
Apparently some application/service is not able to resolve %USERPROFILE%. Which application is it and what is the cause?

Hi,
Could you please share more information with me? I don't quite understand this issue
"Everywhere in all folders that I access a new (empty) folder is created called:
%USERPROFILE%\Appdata\local\Microsoft\Windows\caches"
Or you can share some screenshots with us.
What is the result if you manually delete it?
Regards
Yolanda
TechNet Community Support

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<System>
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<EventData Name="EVENT_FDEPLOY_FailedToApplyPolicy">
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Environment:
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Windows Server 2008 R2 for the Documents$ share
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Examples
This would cause a problem if John then Emma logged on to the same machine. Folder redirection would fail for Emma:
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\\FileServer1\Users$\emma
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\\my.domain\homes\emma (points to \\FileServer1\emma$)
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at the moment as we are deploying W7 and can't stop. If I'd picked this up earlier a third party product might have been the solution (MS actually suggested this when I opened my case).
I hope the information about individual shares above is helpful to someone. Otherwise I don't really have more to add but I needed the rant :-)
<RANT>BTW. Has anyone tested changing a user’s home directory path once it is cached? Try it. Test a scenario where you move the user from one file server to another. You will not enjoy the results. I'll say no more
than this as it is off topic, but it shows the lack of investment in the CSC feature in Windows. Very disappointing</RANT>

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1. This is where your main Profile folder is located:
C:\Documents and Settings\myname\'''Application Data'''\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
2. Secondary location:
C:\Documents and Settings\myname\'''Local Settings\Application Data'''\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
No, don't delete that folder or the files in it. Those files would be re-created the next time you open Firefox. Those files are necessary.
3. Firefox put that file there, so it knows its' there. Delete it and Firefox will download that data all over again, and put it back in that folder.
4. Bookmarks are stored in the '''places.sqlite''' file in the main Profile folder, since the Firefox 3 versions.
Some of those files have been moved around from one major version of Firefox to the next to improve various aspects of "performance" and also to minimize file size for automated personal data backup purposes & for roaming Profiles in a large network setting. The urlclassifier file can get to be quite large, which could really screw-up roaming Profiles on a network server.

I have changed cache location but FF4 continues to use appdata/local/temp for storing actual files

I use FF 4.0.1
I changed the location of the disk cache by going to
about:cache
and changing browser.disk.cache.parent_directory
to a new location
yet FF4 still stores files at the old location

Thanks! Actually firefox DOES create a folder called Cache and fill it with lots of other folders. The problem is that when it comes to actual files, they land at the original appdata/local folder :(

Folder %USERPROFILE%\Appdata\local\Microsoft\Windows\caches created everywhere

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