Why have individual files in the cache have been placed in their own folders

I was servicing a client's laptop this morning and on checking the cache found that all the individual files that are normally there have been put into single directories. This mean there are directories marked as A,B,C etc, and each of those directories contain sub-directories numbered up to 100, followed by alpha characters, AD,AC and on. Each of these numerous folders contain just one file.
I have never before encountered this and am wondering how I can get the cache back to its normal state. System is XP Home SP3, fully updated; Firefox version 5 [self installed update to version 6 before I powered down].
I appreciate any clues or remedies.
Clinton

Firefox 4 and later versions use a more sophisticated file structure and creates many subdirectories in the main cache folder to make it possible to store more files in the cache.
You can do a search for all files *.* in Windows Explorer (or another file manager) to see all the files in the cache in one list.
*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597224 Bug 597224] - HTTP Cache: use directory tree to store cache files

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