My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find to
delete. The path shown is:
C>Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).

I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but no
folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a compilation
of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access them.
I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system files".
Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the world do I get
rid of them ?

Malv

Rt-click the IE icon, select Properties - in the middle notice Temporary
Internet Files section - push the Delete Files button, check the delete all
offline content, click OK.

"Malvern" <thisis@fak> wrote in message
news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find to
> delete. The path shown is:
> C>Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>
> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but no
> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a compilation
> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
> them.
> I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system files".
> Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the world do I get
> rid of them ?
>
> Malv
>
>

In addition to Jerry's post

Also adjust the amount of hard disk space the temporary internet files use.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...learcache.mspx

Resizing your Cache
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
<snip>By default Internet Explorer (IE 6) allocates 10% of your drive. This
was fine years ago but today with the size of these new drives, 10% is just
too large and increases the chances for corruption.
IE6 - Click the Settings button, adjust the TIF (browser cache) size to 50
mb, click OK
IE7 - already recommends 50-250 mb ... select: 50
<snip>

"Jerry" wrote:

> Rt-click the IE icon, select Properties - in the middle notice Temporary
> Internet Files section - push the Delete Files button, check the delete all
> offline content, click OK.
>
> "Malvern" <thisis@fak> wrote in message
> news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find to
> > delete. The path shown is:
> > C>Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
> > Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
> >
> > I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but no
> > folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
> > where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a compilation
> > of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
> > them.
> > I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system files".
> > Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the world do I get
> > rid of them ?
> >
> > Malv
> >
> >
>
>
>

On Mar 30, 11:32 am, "Malvern" <thisis@fak> wrote:
> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find to
> delete. The path shown is:
> C>Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>
> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but no
> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a compilation
> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access them.
> I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system files".
> Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the world do I get
> rid of them ?
>
> Malv

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Malv,

In Folder Option select show hidden files and folders. Restart you PC
and Upon loading BIOS press F8 Key. Select Safe Mode. Load Windows in
Safe Mode. Go to the path you had mention. Delete the things you don't
want.

+++
Mee
+++

To delete *all* of your Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | Click OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop
Or Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially
if there are a large number of files. Also close OE.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
3) Check the box: Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
AND
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program)}
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the
temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that
websites have placed on your hard drive.
6) You can also click on the Clear History button to empty your History
folder.

Note: If you do NOT select the Delete all offline content box, not
everything will be cleaned out.

Content.IE5 is a hidden system folder.

Windows Internet Explorer 7 does not have a Delete all offline content
option.

To view Content.IE5...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Click OK.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup utility
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed),
Malvern <thisis@fak> hunted and pecked:
> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find to
> delete. The path shown is:
>> Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>
> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but no
> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a compilation
> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
> them. I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system
> files". Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the world
> do I get rid of them ?
>
> Malv

Wesley, you should write a book! Till now I've been emailing myself a zip
folder, opening it and going up a level! (Last time, while I was there, I
created a shortcut). Malvern, listen to this guy!

regards Tony.

"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...

<snip>

> To view Content.IE5...
> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>
> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>
> Click OK.
>
> Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup
> utility
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed),
> Malvern <thisis@fak> hunted and pecked:
>> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find to
>> delete. The path shown is:
>>> Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
>> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>>
>> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but
>> no
>> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
>> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a
>> compilation
>> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
>> them. I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system
>> files". Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the world
>> do I get rid of them ?
>>
>> Malv
>

Hi Tony,

You can create a shortcut to
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

But, with SP2, you'll get a warning when you try to open it from the
shortcut:

--------------------------
Internet Explorer
--------------------------
This page has an unspecified potential security flaw.
Would you like to continue?
--------------------------
Yes No
--------------------------

Then swear out loud while clicking Yes. ;-) I am not sure if swearing out
loud is required because I am unable to click on Yes without swearing out
loud.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Tony Luxton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Wesley, you should write a book! Till now I've been emailing myself a zip
> folder, opening it and going up a level! (Last time, while I was there, I
> created a shortcut). Malvern, listen to this guy!
>
> regards Tony.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> <snip>
>
>> To view Content.IE5...
>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>>
>> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>
>> Click OK.
>>
>> Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup
>> utility
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed),
>> Malvern <thisis@fak> hunted and pecked:
>>> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find
>>> to delete. The path shown is:
>>>> Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
>>> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>>>
>>> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but
>>> no
>>> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
>>> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a
>>> compilation
>>> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
>>> them. I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system
>>> files". Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the
>>> world do I get rid of them ?
>>>
>>> Malv

Hi Wesley,

It works fine on my machine, though I created it by
right-dragging-and-dropping, not by entering the path into a "new,
shortcut". (I do have SP2.)

Regards Tony.


"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Tony,
>
> You can create a shortcut to
> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>
> But, with SP2, you'll get a warning when you try to open it from the
> shortcut:
>
> --------------------------
> Internet Explorer
> --------------------------
> This page has an unspecified potential security flaw.
> Would you like to continue?
> --------------------------
> Yes No
> --------------------------
>
> Then swear out loud while clicking Yes. ;-) I am not sure if swearing
> out loud is required because I am unable to click on Yes without swearing
> out loud.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Tony Luxton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> Wesley, you should write a book! Till now I've been emailing myself a zip
>> folder, opening it and going up a level! (Last time, while I was there, I
>> created a shortcut). Malvern, listen to this guy!
>>
>> regards Tony.
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> To view Content.IE5...
>>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>>>
>>> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>>
>>> Click OK.
>>>
>>> Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup
>>> utility
>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed),
>>> Malvern <thisis@fak> hunted and pecked:
>>>> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find
>>>> to delete. The path shown is:
>>>>> Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
>>>> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>>>>
>>>> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but
>>>> no
>>>> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
>>>> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a
>>>> compilation
>>>> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
>>>> them. I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system
>>>> files". Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the
>>>> world do I get rid of them ?
>>>>
>>>> Malv
>

Sorry, Wesley, I went off half-cock. I do indeed get that warning, but I
think that's just Mr Gates telling me to leave his baby alone!

regards Tony.

"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Tony,
>
> You can create a shortcut to
> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>
> But, with SP2, you'll get a warning when you try to open it from the
> shortcut:
>
> --------------------------
> Internet Explorer
> --------------------------
> This page has an unspecified potential security flaw.
> Would you like to continue?
> --------------------------
> Yes No
> --------------------------
>
> Then swear out loud while clicking Yes. ;-) I am not sure if swearing
> out loud is required because I am unable to click on Yes without swearing
> out loud.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> Tony Luxton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>> Wesley, you should write a book! Till now I've been emailing myself a zip
>> folder, opening it and going up a level! (Last time, while I was there, I
>> created a shortcut). Malvern, listen to this guy!
>>
>> regards Tony.
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> To view Content.IE5...
>>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>>>
>>> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>>
>>> Click OK.
>>>
>>> Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup
>>> utility
>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed),
>>> Malvern <thisis@fak> hunted and pecked:
>>>> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find
>>>> to delete. The path shown is:
>>>>> Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
>>>> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>>>>
>>>> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder but
>>>> no
>>>> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
>>>> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a
>>>> compilation
>>>> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
>>>> them. I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system
>>>> files". Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the
>>>> world do I get rid of them ?
>>>>
>>>> Malv
>

I hate being protected from myself. LOL

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Tony Luxton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Sorry, Wesley, I went off half-cock. I do indeed get that warning, but I
> think that's just Mr Gates telling me to leave his baby alone!
>
> regards Tony.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:O$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> You can create a shortcut to
>> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>
>> But, with SP2, you'll get a warning when you try to open it from the
>> shortcut:
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Internet Explorer
>> --------------------------
>> This page has an unspecified potential security flaw.
>> Would you like to continue?
>> --------------------------
>> Yes No
>> --------------------------
>>
>> Then swear out loud while clicking Yes. ;-) I am not sure if swearing
>> out loud is required because I am unable to click on Yes without swearing
>> out loud.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>> Tony Luxton <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>> Wesley, you should write a book! Till now I've been emailing myself a
>>> zip folder, opening it and going up a level! (Last time, while I was
>>> there, I created a shortcut). Malvern, listen to this guy!
>>>
>>> regards Tony.
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> To view Content.IE5...
>>>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>>>>
>>>> %userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>>>
>>>> Click OK.
>>>>
>>>> Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup
>>>> utility
>>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:460c8516$0$3155$(E-Mail Removed),
>>>> Malvern <thisis@fak> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> My Norton Antivirus takes over an hour to just scan files I can't find
>>>>> to delete. The path shown is:
>>>>>> Documents and Settings><Myname>>Local Settings>Temporary Internet
>>>>> Files>Contents IE5><filenames> (an hour's worth).
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to show all system and hidden files to get to the TIF folder
>>>>> but no
>>>>> folder named Contents IE5 in it. Using Search and Run get nothing. So
>>>>> where are all these files ? I read somewhere that they were a
>>>>> compilation
>>>>> of all websites I'd visited. They're doing no good as I can't access
>>>>> them. I have NOT revealed something called "protected operating system
>>>>> files". Are these revealed by that ? If this isn't it, how in the
>>>>> world do I get rid of them ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Malv