The cache in Netscape is used to store previously visited pages so that they can be accessed more quickly. You can set the amount of storage which Netscape uses on the hard drive by following the instructions below:

Netscape (versions prior to 2.0)

1. Enter the Options/Preferences menu, which should bring up a new window
2. Select the Cache and Network settings from the drop down list at the top
3. By default the memory cache is 600K and the disk cache is 5000K. If you would like you can decrease these sizes to save space.
4. If you change either of the sizes or you want to clean up the space being used, press the Clear Memory Cache Now or Clear Disk Cache Now buttons. NOTE: On some machines this step may take a couple of minutes to process.

Netscape (version 2.0 and above)

1. Enter the Options/Network Preferences menu, which should bring up a new window.
2. Select the Cache tab from the tabs at the top of the screen.
3. By default the memory cache is 600K and the disk cache is 5000K. If you would like you can decrease these sizes to save space.
4. If you change either of the sizes or you want to clean up the space being used, press the Clear Memory Cache Now or Clear Disk Cache Now buttons.

NOTE: On some machines this step may take a couple of minutes to process. The instructions above should allow you to set these parameters to the values

1. If you are using version 2.0 or greater select Options/General Preferences and then select the Helpers tab. For previous versions of Netscape go into the Options/Preferences menu and select Helper Applications from the list at the top of the screen.
2. Under the extensions column, find the type of program that you are trying to download. This is most likely 'exe' and/or 'zip' for files which you are going to download to your site.
3. Highlight the line which contains the proper extension, then at the bottom of the screen it will tell you what it does when this type of application is selected under the Action section. Change this to either Save to Disk or Unknown: Prompt User.
4. Press the OK button, and then go into the Options menu and select Save Options.

1. Start Netscape Navigator
2. Go to menu Options/Preferences (version 1.2 or lower) or to Options/General Preferences (version 2.0 and higher).
3. Select Helper Applications from the drop down list or tabs.
4. The window at the top of the screen shows all of the different types of programs that Netscape knows about and what to do with them. Look in the right column under extensions and find 'exe' in that column.
5. Click with the left button on that line.
6. At the bottom of the screen select the option which says 'Unknown: Prompt User'.
7. Press OK.
8. Select Options/Save Options.
9. If the file you are trying to download has a different extension (other than 'exe'), find it in the list and repeat steps 5 and 6.

1. Usually it means the address is wrong.
2. Check your settings in ConfigPPP, MacTCP, TCP/IP or PPP depending upon which ones are being used.