Question about browser cache feature

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dawn...@gmail.com

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Jun 30, 2021, 12:15:13 PM6/30/21
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Hi. Sorry if this is a stupid question with an obvious answer, but I have been trying on and off for a couple of months now to figure out the browser cache feature, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong or if my computer is just weird. I try to follow the instructions given, but I get hung up fairly quickly because I try to find the "personal.ini" file on my computer because everything in my cache expires immediately, and I cannot find it anywhere. I have tried with both chrome and firefox.

Jim Miller

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Jun 30, 2021, 12:25:29 PM6/30/21
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dawn...@gmail.com

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Jun 30, 2021, 12:28:54 PM6/30/21
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Thank you so much. I figured it was something simple that I was not understanding. :)

DawnietheHeartie

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Sep 29, 2021, 11:02:08 AM9/29/21
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After using the browser cache feature without an issue for a few months, I just started getting a cloudfare error again. I then updated FFF, made sure all my settings in personal.ini were as they were and that my browser cache path was still correct, since I recently had PC issues, but it still is giving me an error.

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cloudscraper reports: (Detected a Cloudflare version 2 Captcha challenge, This feature is not available....) See https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/wiki/BrowserCacheFeature for a possible workaround.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13962710/1/

Jim Miller

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Sep 29, 2021, 11:08:01 AM9/29/21
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That error indicates cloudscraper trying to get the page.

That's only going to happen if you don't have browser cache enabled, the
page is older than your browser_cache_age_limit setting, or if the page
wasn't found in your cache.

(You can also set use_browser_cache_only:true to only use browser cache.)

Running in debug mode will tell you more, but if you are certain you're
configured to use cache and have cached the page(s) recently, clearing
your browser cache and trying again might help.

DawnietheHeartie

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Sep 29, 2021, 11:16:21 AM9/29/21
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Thank you. Clearing the cache seems to have worked. Appreciate the help and quick response! Thank you again so much!
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