Clearing MOSS Config Cache

This can be really helpful if you're having any isues with timer jobs stalling or services not starting. Do this at your own risk and during non-production hours. This is one of those procedures you don't do if you're having any issues with your timer service.

1. Reset timer service (This is just to make sure that it's working okay)

• Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
  
• Right-click Windows SharePoint Services Timer, and then click Stop.
  
• Close the Services console.
  Everything ok?
  

2. Go to: Drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID

3. Open guid

4. Back up the Cache.ini file.

5. Open cache.ini with notepad

6. Set number to "1" then save

7. Then delete all xml files making sure to exclude cache.ini

8. Then reset windows sharepoint timer service.

You'll notice that soon after the service reset that the xml files will start to reappear and the number that was originally in the cache.ini file will return.