Location of Preferences files

I've installed using Encore 2.0 onto a machine running XP Pro. The machine is networked in a large commercial environment. Currently Encore is writing its Preferences Files into a directory under my username which is causing me a big problem because the files exceed my allowable profile space. In other Adobe products (Premiere, Photoshop Bridge) I can change the location of these files by editing the preferences. But there seems to be no way of doing this in Encore.
Any help greatly appreciated
regards
Steve

Seems strange that the preferences files are tipping you over the edge here. They're not that big.
Is it possible you are referring to the Media Cache files instead?
These can get big - rapidly.
The way to save space here would be to clean up the media cache files (or if absolutely certain they are no longer needed delete them altogether).
This can be done from one of the preferences screens:
Go to Edit/Preferences, and look for the Audio/Video Out preference page
(Why there, don't ask!) and you will see an option to clean the database or delete it.
The Media Cache database keeps track of assets you have imported into projects, for example if Premiere creates a conformed audio file & you import that file into Encore, Encore will use the file from Premiere Pro instead of creating a new conformed file. BUT - if it is a new import, then Encore will conform the file & the database will point to that instead. The database simply tells Encore where to find the files. With a lot of projects being done, this can build up fast.
Try cleaning the database - all unreferenced files (Or at least, the
i references
to the unreferenced files will then be deleted

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