How can I prevent Firefox profiles from becoming large and taking up space on the C drive for each user?

I have many users logged into a Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Server (Terminal Server) and all of them use Firefox. Each one of their profiles get very large due to their Firefox profiles.
Seems that all the space being taken up by the cache folder. (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile.default\Cache)
Is there a way to enforce a policy within the program to clear the cache for each user either each time the browser is closed or when the user logs off?

when you lock the preferences with the mozilla.cfg file in the firefox program folder as it's described in the mozillazine kb article above, it should apply for all users...

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ISO 32000-1 (14.8 in particular).
Document Management – Portable Document Format – Part 1: PDF 1.7, First Edition
Adobe (Jul 2008)
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http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDF32000_200 8.pdf
ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA-1)
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http://webstore.ansi.org/FindStandards.aspx?SearchString=iso+14289-1&SearchOption=0&PageNu m=0&SearchTermsArray=null%7ciso+14289-1%7cnull
The Matterhorn Protocol.
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The resources for Accessible PDF at the AIIM site.
http://www.aiim.org/Research-and-Publications/Standards/Committees/PDFUA
PDF/UA-1 Technical Implementation Guide: Understanding ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA-1)
PDF/UA-1 Technical Implementation Guide: Understanding ISO 32000-1 (PDF 1.7) (under development)
Achieving WCAG 2.0 with PDF/UA
(WCAG 2.0 for PDF IS PDF/UA-1)
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