How to really limit IE10 Temporary Internet Files usage?

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Phillyosopher

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I have a slight "issue" with how internet explorer 10 (maybe also previous versions) stores files. Since I'm using an SSD, I created a 2GB RAM-disk and moved the temporary internet files folder to the new disk.

Now there is also an option for the amount of space that should be used (it says 8-1024MB), it was always set to 512MB for me and I thought the 2GB RAM-disk was fine, but now I have discovered that IE10 doesn't seem to care at all about what I set as the usage limit and simply uses limitless amount of data. My folder was almost 40GB large (I assume, because I seem to stream a lot of youtube videos) until I emptied it and now on the new RAM-disk I have the problem that I run out of memory pretty quickly.

Is there a way that IE10 actually doesn't use more space than the amount I set it to?

I would really appreciate answers that don't include changing the browser, I will do that as a last resort, but for now it would be good to know, if I can make it work on IE10.
 
Thanks for your answer.
Well I run CCleaner from time to time, but the problem is, that streaming full hd videos on youtube easily fills up the 2GB in a day sometimes. And it really doesn't solve the actual problem: why does IE store that insane amount of files even though I set it to only 512MB...
 
The reason why I don't want to change it (for the moment) is actually, because for me and my use it caused the least amount of problems. I never had any issues with web sites and also it was running faster than others I tried. The only issue I had were the temporary files.
Now that I am using the RAM-disk that is not really a problem anymore, since the disk is being completely emptied when I shut down the computer, but if it fills up within a day, I need to clear it manually...
 
Thank's for the suggestion. Where on Pale Moon can I set the folder where the temporary files are saved? I cannot really find that /=

Edit:
Found it thanks! Swapped to Pale Moon, actually starts much faster than Firefox which was the main reason for me not to use it...
 
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