Quick Start

18 Getting Started Guide
Application Data folder
Adjusting the FileMaker Pro cache
FileMaker Pro maintains an internal cache of portions of your
database. Depending on your computer’s memory configuration,
you may want to adjust the cache size to improve performance.
You may want to consider increasing the cache size if you plan to:
1 work on a large database file
1 work on several database files at once
1 host database files
1 use a database file that contains many graphics
1 insert a large graphic into a database file
Consider decreasing the cache size if you plan to run several
applications at the same time and you have a limited amount of
memory (RAM) installed.
Note By changing the FileMaker Pro cache size, you also affect the
amount of memory needed to run FileMaker Pro.
For more information on managing memory, see the documentation
that came with your computer.
Location Contents Description
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME
C:\Windows\Application Data\FileMaker\
FileMaker Pro\5.5
Windows NT 4.0
C:\Winnt\Profiles\current user\Application
Data\FileMaker\FileMaker Pro\5.5
Windows 2000 Professional
C:\Documents and Settings\current
user\Application Data
Note current user is the name of the currently
logged-in user.
FILEMAKER PRO FONTS.FMF FileMaker Pro font file
FMHOSTS.TXT Network host file
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME
C:\Windows\Application Data\Symantec\Shared
Windows NT 4.0
C:\Winnt\Profiles\current user\Application
Data\Symantec\Shared
Windows 2000 Professional
C:\Documents and Settings\current
user\Application Data \Symantec\Shared
Note current user is the name of the currently
logged-in user.
MyProfile.UserProfile FastReg file
Options.VcPref FastReg file
\Sessions Sessions folder. Installed empty.