Windows 10: How to clear ARP Cache in Windows 11/10

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ARP or Address Resolution Protocol in Windows is responsible for resolving IP addresses to MAC addresses to speed up connection over a local network. So instead of asking the router where is a particular device, again, it would simply use the already resolved IP to connect quickly. To get this done, it maintains a cache […]

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Clear the 'cache' in file explorer for already used picture tags?


If you set some tags for your *.jpg pictures, the windows 10 file explorer shows them in the "details pane" on the right side.





This list can get very long and with some wrong or no longer used entries.
How can I clear this list / cache / suggestions?

Or how can I stop the file explorer to suggests already used Tags?

 

ARP Cache location on windows 10

I'm just a beginner in studying the command prompt in windows 10.

Out of curiosity I wanted to ask:

1. Where does the command prompt reads or writes the ARP Cache data from in windows 10? Meaning, the data in the ARP Cache (ARP Table) where is it actually located/stored for windows 10?
   
2. If it is stored on the hard-drive, then in what file is it stored? If I deleted that file or it becomes corrupted, then what would happen if I executed the arp -a command in cmd?
   

 

ARP Cache location on windows 10

Where is the ARP Cache stored

It is stored in memory:

Source Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Cache Functions

If the ARP Cache is deleted/corrupted, what would happen if I executed arp -a?

Nothing bad - it will rebuild the table.

Here I used netsh to delete the ARP Cache and then run arp -a.

As you can see there are no errors.

Further Reading

• An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line
  
• arp - Address Resolution Protocol
  
• netsh - Configure Network Interfaces, Windows Firewall, Routing & remote access.
  
• Netsh commands for Interface IP