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Using a RAM Disk for Google Chrome's Temporary Files
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chrome.bat
set TEMP=Z:\temp
set TMP=Z:\tmp
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir="Z:\Browsers\Chrome"
exit
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Using a RAM Disk for Google Chrome's Temporary Files.md

Using a RAM Disk for Chrome's Temporary Files

(In Windows 10)

Set up The RAM Disk

  1. Create a RAM Disk using one of many popular utilities.
  2. Set the Drive letter of the RAM Disk to Z (or anything else, provided you edit the batch file accordingly)
  3. Create "temp","tmp", and "Browsers\Chrome" directories in the RAM Disk

Create the Batch File

  1. Create the batch file as described in chrome.bat below
  2. Launch Chrome using that batch file

Create Pin-able Shortcut

  1. Create a shortcut to that batch file
  2. Set the icon to fit your preference (probably to %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe)
  3. Set the shortcut's target to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C "location_of_batch_file"
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For anyone else that needed a list but found this post instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAM_drive_software

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