IE7 Temporary Internet Files

[Guest]

I know this is the wrong Newsgroup, but IE NG's have been disabled or
something. My problem is that the Temporary Internet Files for IE7 has been
specified as a System Folder, but only under my profile. I have familiarity
with the "attrib -s" command, but do not know how to make a folder a
non-system folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you,

BW

 

[Newbie Coder]

BW,

The IE Newsgroup is fine. I can access it via Internet & via Outlook Express too

IE Group:


http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

 

[Ron Badour]

It works OK here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...613-dfee-4b99-9378-839a15bef262&lang=en&cr=US

 

[JS]

Don't know if this will solve your particular issue but...
CCleaner is a tool to remove Internet history info, cookies, temp files,
auto complete and other junk. In the 'Windows' tab listing check the item
types you want deleted.

Note: Also available is customization, see Options/Custom to add any
other/additional folders you want files deleted from which you might try if
the default setting don't do the job.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

JS

 

[Newbie Coder]

JS,

What is this with CCleaner?

Why is this the second post in a row where you recommeded this product? Open the
folder, CTRL + A (select all), DEL & ENTER.

There's no junk program installed & you've cleaned the folder simply

 

[JS]

Bad post, sorry.

JS

JS,

What is this with CCleaner?

Why is this the second post in a row where you recommeded this product?
Open the
folder, CTRL + A (select all), DEL & ENTER.

There's no junk program installed & you've cleaned the folder simply

 

[Gerry]

What junk program? On what basis do you make that judgement?

If someone chooses to make a recommendation what's that to do with you?

Why don't you concentrate your efforts on offering help rather than
criticising positive efforts by others trying to help.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[dobey]

Is that the program that "finds temporary files", based solely on the fact
they exist in a directory called "temp" somewhere on your PC then deletes
them without confirmation?

 

[dobey]

I know this is the wrong Newsgroup, but IE NG's have been disabled or
something. My problem is that the Temporary Internet Files for IE7 has
been
specified as a System Folder, but only under my profile. I have
familiarity
with the "attrib -s" command, but do not know how to make a folder a
non-system folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you,

BW

Why is it a problem that it is a system folder?

MS has taken to hiding the contents of the cache file, even with hidden
files set to be unhidden.

Using Full path in the address bar settings, add \Content.IE5 at the end of
Temporary Internet Files so it looks like this, (except replace your drive
and user name);

<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user profile>\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IE5

You will get a warning about an "unspecified potential security flaw",
answer yes and you can browse through the files you have downloaded.

I know this isn't what you asked, but I expect once you remove the system
attribute from this directory XP will simply re-apply it at next boot.

 

[Gerry]

No


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Gerry]

If you read the original post carefully I think the OP is saying that
there are no Temporary Internet Folders for users other than himself. He
seems to think the solution is to change the characteristics of the
folder for his profile. Somehow I doubt that is the solution. The
solution may be to create new User Profiles where the problem exists.
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/en-us

I may be misinterpreting the original post.
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Bob I]

Being set to system is normal. Something has changed the other ones,
THAT'S what you should be concerned about!

 

[dobey]

From the OP -
"My problem is that the Temporary Internet Files for IE7 has been specified
as a System Folder, but only under my profile"

He doesn't mention missing directories, and I can only assume he has other
Temporary Internet Files to compare the attributes with. I wasn't certain
what exactly he was asking, but I though he may have been trying to gain
access to the actual temp files and thought that the system attribute had
something to do with it.

Which is why I asked why the system attribute was a problem, since the Temp
Internet Files is normally flagged as a system directory.

 

[Gerry]

Dobey

Looking at it again I have no idea what the OP means!


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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

dobey,

thank you for your reply. I will try this when I get home.

BW

 

[Guest]

Bob,

Thank you for your reply. I have *always* been able to see the Temp
internet files folder when I look under local settings. I have *always* had
the check box next to "hide protected operating system files" checked, so
what is the deal? Like I said, I can see it on the Admin and other profile,
but not mine...I think it is time to do a 0-write on my HDD.

thanks!

Ben

 

[Philip K.]

HI BW.
I wonder if my problem is similar to yours.
My problem is simply that 24 graphics files in my Internet Temporary
Files folder (mostly GIFs) have become "system commands". They can not be
deleted by any of the usual methods because Windows itself denies the
privilege of deleting them to me or to any clean up program.
Nothing happens if I select them and hit delete. They do not even show
up on Norton Clean Up.
I only know that they have become "system commands" because I get a
warning to leave them alone if I double click on any one of them.
Windows itself also refuses to delete the folder.
All other files which show up in this folder can be deleted.
It is not a big deal. I am just wondering what happened. The computer
continues to act normally.
Phil