2 Different Temporary Internet Files folders!

[Guest]

How come my XP Temporary Internet Files folder via Control Panel/Internet
Options/Settings/View Files, only holds cookies whereas the Temporary
Internet Files folder via Internet Explorer/Tools/Internet
Options/Settings/View Files, holds the same cookies plus my home page HTML
and associated gif and png logo files?
They must surely be different Temporary Internet Files folders – how can
correct this situation even though it causes no malfunction that I’m aware
of?
Thanks - Andrew

 

[Newbie Coder]

Andrew,

Both the Cookies Folder & the Temporary Internet folder are SPECIAL FOLDERS

If for instance you login as an administrator, but previously you were going
in as someone else you could go to your regular username & Temporary
Internet Files then you'll have 'HISTORY.IE5' subfolder & many other
subfolders in that one too.

Forget about them, but you are able to move your special folders, but if you
specify that in the registry you'll move them for everyone, but if you do it
from Internet Options then you'll change the location for yourself only. To
do that, do this:

Go into Internet Options
On GENERAL tab click the SETTINGS button
Now, click the MOVE FOLDER button & choose your location

In Internet Options: Goto the ADVANCED tab & check EMPTY TEMPORARY INTERNET
FILES FOLDER WHEN BROWSER IS CLOSED which will delete the files in there
leaving the cookies intact.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files, this gets confusing.

The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder are just pointers to
the real cookies. Like a shortcut to the real cookie.

Real cookies are stored here >>
%userprofile%\Cookies
or
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies
or
Start | Run | Type: cookies | Click OK to open your Cookies folder.

The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
%userprofile%\Cookies
or
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies here >>
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
or
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files

If you manually delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet Files
folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie file located
in the Cookies folder are deleted.

If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it leaves the pointer to the
cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like a shortcut that does not
point to anything.

To delete a cookie
1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click View files.
3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on the File menu, click
Delete.

To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click Delete Cookies on the
General tab.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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