Hickory wrote:
> A web site has downloaded several files (gif, css and js) to my Local
> Settings/Temporary Internet Files folder. I do not want them on my PC since
> I don't know what they do and they were downloaded without my knowledge. I
> have tried to delete them, but can not do so. I used CCleaner to remove
> them, but when I reboot, theye are still there. They seem to be "permanent"
> and I can not remove, rename, edit or anything. Properties tell me nothing.
> In Windows Explorer, they file name is truncated and the internet address is
> listed.
>
> How can I get rid of them? I will not go back to this web site.
>
> Thank you very much for any help.
In the immortal words of Nancy Sinatra, "You've been messin' where you
shouldn'ta been messin'." The Local Settings folder is "hidden" for a
reason: if you don't understand what you're doing, you can create
problems for yourself.
Files in Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files are used by Internet
Explorer as its cache, which enables it to display previously-viewed
pages faster. Cookies are also stored in TIF. If you want to clear
this folder, do so through IE's Internet Options dialog:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...learcache.mspx
Although CCleaner also deletes TIF files (as well as other files that it
deems "crap"), the files will re-appear the next time you go to the website.
--
Lem
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html