Skip to main content

⚠️ Please note that this topic or post has been archived. The information contained here may no longer be accurate or up-to-date. ⚠️

size of ...\AppData\Local\CaptureOne\Batch70\history

Alain Decamps
Hi

Today I noticed that there was almost 5GB in a folder ...\AppData\Local\CaptureOne\Batch70\history
It has almost 10000 files going back more than a year. Most are very small 35KB, but some are more than 20MB.
What's the use of it and is there a way to limit the size.

Is it safe to just delete most of the files?

This file is on my c partition on a SSD and it's now the biggest space hog on this partition. (I keep it small, data is on other partitions and/or drives.)
0

Comments

11 comments

Date Votes
  • Adam52
    Version 5 did that too , I keep a shortcut to that folder and clear it out regularily . unless you`ve got a drive with all your raws on which you need C1 to have constant access to for re-developing , I`d suggest doing the same . empty it every week or so (or after a large shoot such as a wedding / event or whatever)
    0
  • Keith Reeder
    Interesting - my "...\history" folder goes back to December 2012, but is only 4.7 mb in size.
    0
  • SFA
    362 files in mine. Largest file is 44k. Oldest file 27 March 2014.

    The batch history, as far as I know, is provided in case for some reason you need to re-run a Process - for a single file or for an entire batch. I would have thought it would somewhat disposable once the output had been produced and you were happy with it.



    Grant
    0
  • Paul Steunebrink
    You can clear it, either from CO7 (Batch tool, Clear History button) or from Explorer.
    0
  • Christian Bruni
    [quote="Paul_Steunebrink" wrote:
    You can clear it, either from CO7 (Batch tool, Clear History button) or from Explorer.


    Thank you Paul for this information, but I do not find the ' Clear History button '

    Can you show a screenshot ?

    Have a nice day

    Alain from France
    0
  • Alain Decamps
    [quote="Paul_Steunebrink" wrote:
    You can clear it, either from CO7 (Batch tool, Clear History button) or from Explorer.


    Thanks Paul.

    What's the function of the files?
    0
  • Keith Reeder
    [quote="Ikarex" wrote:
    Can you show a screenshot ?

    Alain,

    you need to be in the "History" tab of the Batch tool:

    http://kazemisu.me.uk/images/cap_batch_1.jpg

    then go right to the bottom of the window:

    http://kazemisu.me.uk/images/cap_batch_2.jpg
    0
  • Paul Steunebrink
    [quote="Alain" wrote:
    [quote="Paul_Steunebrink" wrote:
    You can clear it, either from CO7 (Batch tool, Clear History button) or from Explorer.

    What's the function of the files?

    In case you like to reprocess an image, a history is maintained. If you do not need it, it is good practice to regularly clear the history.
    0
  • Adam52
    I`d be nice to have an option to automatically clear all caches etc on exit , that way people can set and forget and won`t end up with the issue the OP had with the drive filling up .
    0
  • Christian Bruni
    [quote="Keith Reeder" wrote:
    [quote="Ikarex" wrote:
    Can you show a screenshot ?

    Alain,

    you need to be in the "History" tab of the Batch tool:

    http://kazemisu.me.uk/images/cap_batch_1.jpg

    then go right to the bottom of the window:

    http://kazemisu.me.uk/images/cap_batch_2.jpg


    Thank you Keith
    0
  • Keith Reeder
    My pleasure, Alain.
    0

Post is closed for comments.