diff --git a/MapControl/Avalonia/TileImageLoader.Avalonia.cs b/MapControl/Avalonia/TileImageLoader.Avalonia.cs
index 225803b1..dae2df0a 100644
--- a/MapControl/Avalonia/TileImageLoader.Avalonia.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Avalonia/TileImageLoader.Avalonia.cs
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public partial class TileImageLoader
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Default folder where the Cache instance may save data, i.e. "C:\ProgramData\MapControl\TileCache".
-        /// </summary>
-        public static string DefaultCacheFolder =>
-            System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), "MapControl", "TileCache");
-
         private static async Task LoadTileAsync(Tile tile, Func<Task<IImage>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var image = await loadImageFunc().ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/ImageFileCache.cs b/MapControl/Shared/ImageFileCache.cs
index 4c9aae2b..7b096c1d 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/ImageFileCache.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/ImageFileCache.cs
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ namespace MapControl.Caching
         private static readonly byte[] expirationTag = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("EXPIRES:");
 
         private readonly MemoryDistributedCache memoryCache = new MemoryDistributedCache(Options.Create(new MemoryDistributedCacheOptions()));
-        private readonly string rootDirectory;
+        private readonly string rootPath;
 
-        public ImageFileCache(string directory)
+        public ImageFileCache(string path)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(directory))
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
             {
-                throw new ArgumentException($"The {nameof(directory)} argument must not be null or empty.", nameof(directory));
+                throw new ArgumentException($"The {nameof(path)} argument must not be null or empty.", nameof(path));
             }
 
-            rootDirectory = directory;
+            rootPath = path;
 
-            Debug.WriteLine($"ImageFileCache: {rootDirectory}");
+            Debug.WriteLine($"ImageFileCache: {rootPath}");
 
             ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(o => Clean());
         }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace MapControl.Caching
 
         public void Clean()
         {
-            var deletedFileCount = CleanDirectory(new DirectoryInfo(rootDirectory));
+            var deletedFileCount = CleanDirectory(new DirectoryInfo(rootPath));
 
             if (deletedFileCount > 0)
             {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace MapControl.Caching
         {
             try
             {
-                return Path.Combine(rootDirectory, Path.Combine(key.Split('/')));
+                return Path.Combine(rootPath, Path.Combine(key.Split('/')));
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
index 99dba720..f8cf1c76 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/TileImageLoader.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default folder path where a persistent cache implementation may save data, i.e. "C:\ProgramData\MapControl\TileCache".
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string DefaultCacheFolder =>
+            System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), "MapControl", "TileCache");
+
         /// <summary>
         /// An IDistributedCache implementation used to cache tile images.
         /// The default value is a MemoryDistributedCache instance.
diff --git a/MapControl/UWP/TileImageLoader.UWP.cs b/MapControl/UWP/TileImageLoader.UWP.cs
index ee27b03d..7c6fdaa1 100644
--- a/MapControl/UWP/TileImageLoader.UWP.cs
+++ b/MapControl/UWP/TileImageLoader.UWP.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Windows.Storage;
 using Windows.UI.Core;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
 
@@ -12,11 +11,6 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public partial class TileImageLoader
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Default folder where the Cache instance may save data.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static StorageFolder DefaultCacheFolder => ApplicationData.Current.LocalCacheFolder;
-
         private static async Task LoadTileAsync(Tile tile, Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
diff --git a/MapControl/WPF/TileImageLoader.WPF.cs b/MapControl/WPF/TileImageLoader.WPF.cs
index 0aacd1a0..1ff25f77 100644
--- a/MapControl/WPF/TileImageLoader.WPF.cs
+++ b/MapControl/WPF/TileImageLoader.WPF.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
 
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 
@@ -11,12 +10,6 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public partial class TileImageLoader
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Default folder where the Cache instance may save data, i.e. "C:\ProgramData\MapControl\TileCache".
-        /// </summary>
-        public static string DefaultCacheFolder =>
-            Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), "MapControl", "TileCache");
-
         private static async Task LoadTileAsync(Tile tile, Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var image = await loadImageFunc().ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/MapControl/WinUI/TileImageLoader.WinUI.cs b/MapControl/WinUI/TileImageLoader.WinUI.cs
index 135f0909..3fe75d2f 100644
--- a/MapControl/WinUI/TileImageLoader.WinUI.cs
+++ b/MapControl/WinUI/TileImageLoader.WinUI.cs
@@ -5,19 +5,12 @@
 using Microsoft.UI.Dispatching;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
     public partial class TileImageLoader
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Default folder where the Cache instance may save data, i.e. "C:\ProgramData\MapControl\TileCache".
-        /// </summary>
-        public static string DefaultCacheFolder =>
-            Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), "MapControl", "TileCache");
-
         private static Task LoadTileAsync(Tile tile, Func<Task<ImageSource>> loadImageFunc)
         {
             var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource();
diff --git a/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs b/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
index 9b06f5ab..2b5f27ed 100644
--- a/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/SampleApps/UniversalApp/MainPage.xaml.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using Windows.Devices.Input;
+using Windows.Storage;
 using Windows.System;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ namespace SampleApplication
     {
         static MainPage()
         {
-            //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.ImageFileCache(TileImageLoader.DefaultCacheFolder);
+            //TileImageLoader.Cache = new MapControl.Caching.ImageFileCache(ApplicationData.Current.LocalCacheFolder);
         }
 
         public MainPage()