Temporay Internet Files problem

[Alan C. Brown]

I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S702 with Win XP Pro (OEM version
pre-installed by Toshiba)

I recently ran "disk cleanup", but after about a minute in the
"Scanning:compressed Old Files" phase, the cleanup process froze. I tried
again several times with the same result.

Consequently, out of frustration, I tried to manually delete the contents of
the Temporay Internet Files folder with only partial success, in that only
about 1/3 (300MB) of the TIFs were deleted, and the other 2/3 (600 MB) could
not be seen in the TIF folder in Windows Explorer.

It was only after this happened that I read a reply from Carrie Garth to a
post I had previously made in the microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
newsgroup, which advised that the cleanup freeze problem can be resolved by
deleting the "Compress old files" registry key, and it did.

Unfortunately though, running "cleanup" again only revealed the very recent
TIFs created just prior to this cleanup. However, now I could see the
previously hidden Content.IE5 folder and all it's TIF sub-folders (33 of
them containing the 600 MB of old TIFs) in the Temporay Internet Files
Folder, and I was able to manually delete the TIFs in each TIF sub-folder,
but leaving the subfolders intact with their respective "desktop.ini" files.

Since doing that and resuming browsing the web, once again I cannot see the
Content.IE folder, or the 33 TIF sub-folders in Windows Explorer, although I
do get a listing in the Temporary Internet Folder of the all the newly
created TIFs.

I would appreciate if anyone can advise me how to rectify this problem, and
return my Temporay Internet Folder, Content.IE Folder, TIF sub-folders and
TIFs to normality.

Thank you

Alan C. Brown

 

[Don Varnau]

Alan,
Deleting the TIF folder for the affected user account, followed by a
restart, should fix things.
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

You should also run a smaller cache. 50-60 MB is sufficient for most users.

Don

 

[Alan C. Brown]

Don

Thanks for your help.

I did it logged on under my Wife's User Account Name (which has
Administrator Priviliges), and it worked in sofar as creating the TIF
Folder, Content.IE folder, and 4 TIF sub-folders (alpha-numeric names), all
of which I can see when I'm logged under my Wife's User Account Name.

However, when I logon under My User Account Name, I still can only see the
TIF Folder - the rest are hidden, even though my folder options are set to
"Show hidden files & folders".

Any ideas why that might be ?

Alan C. Brown

-------------------

 

[Don Varnau]

Can you see them in two-pane Windows Explorer mode? I've noticed I don't see
Content.IE5 or the sub folders in single pane mode (my usual.)

Don

 

[Alan C. Brown]

No I cannot see them in two-pane mode, which is my usual mode.

Alan C. Brown
----------------------------

Can you see them in two-pane Windows Explorer mode? I've noticed I don't see
Content.IE5 or the sub folders in single pane mode (my usual.)

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

Don

Thanks for your help.

I did it logged on under my Wife's User Account Name (which has
Administrator Priviliges), and it worked in sofar as creating the TIF
Folder, Content.IE folder, and 4 TIF sub-folders (alpha-numeric names), all
of which I can see when I'm logged under my Wife's User Account Name.

However, when I logon under My User Account Name, I still can only see the
TIF Folder - the rest are hidden, even though my folder options are set to
"Show hidden files & folders".

Any ideas why that might be ?

Alan C. Brown

-------------------

Alan,
Deleting the TIF folder for the affected user account, followed by a
restart, should fix things.
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

You should also run a smaller cache. 50-60 MB is sufficient for most users.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
"Alan C. Brown" <acbrown[at]intnet.mu> wrote in message
I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S702 with Win XP Pro (OEM version
pre-installed by Toshiba)

I recently ran "disk cleanup", but after about a minute in the
"Scanning:compressed Old Files" phase, the cleanup process froze. I tried
again several times with the same result.

Consequently, out of frustration, I tried to manually delete the contents
of
the Temporay Internet Files folder with only partial success, in

that
only

about 1/3 (300MB) of the TIFs were deleted, and the other 2/3 (600 MB)
could
not be seen in the TIF folder in Windows Explorer.

It was only after this happened that I read a reply from Carrie

Garth

to

(33

of sub-folders
and

 

[Don Varnau]

Sorry... I don't know why they're not visible. Maybe it's an XP Pro quirk.

Don

No I cannot see them in two-pane mode, which is my usual mode.

Alan C. Brown
----------------------------

Can you see them in two-pane Windows Explorer mode? I've noticed I don't see
Content.IE5 or the sub folders in single pane mode (my usual.)

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
names),
all

set

to

"Show hidden files & folders".

Any ideas why that might be ?

Alan C. Brown
-------------------
"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
Alan,
Deleting the TIF folder for the affected user account, followed by a
restart, should fix things.
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

You should also run a smaller cache. 50-60 MB is sufficient for most
users.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
"Alan C. Brown" <acbrown[at]intnet.mu> wrote in message
I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S702 with Win XP Pro (OEM version
pre-installed by Toshiba)

I recently ran "disk cleanup", but after about a minute in the
"Scanning:compressed Old Files" phase, the cleanup process froze. I
tried
again several times with the same result.

Consequently, out of frustration, I tried to manually delete the
contents
of
the Temporay Internet Files folder with only partial success, in that
only
about 1/3 (300MB) of the TIFs were deleted, and the other 2/3 (600 MB)
could
not be seen in the TIF folder in Windows Explorer.

It was only after this happened that I read a reply from Carrie

Garth

to
a
post I had previously made in the microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
newsgroup, which advised that the cleanup freeze problem can be resolved
by
deleting the "Compress old files" registry key, and it did.

Unfortunately though, running "cleanup" again only revealed the very
recent
TIFs created just prior to this cleanup. However, now I could see the
previously hidden Content.IE5 folder and all it's TIF sub-folders

(33

of
them containing the 600 MB of old TIFs) in the Temporay Internet Files
Folder, and I was able to manually delete the TIFs in each TIF
sub-folder,
but leaving the subfolders intact with their respective "desktop.ini"
files.

Since doing that and resuming browsing the web, once again I

cannot
see

the
Content.IE folder, or the 33 TIF sub-folders in Windows Explorer,
although
I
do get a listing in the Temporary Internet Folder of the all the newly
created TIFs.

I would appreciate if anyone can advise me how to rectify this problem,
and
return my Temporay Internet Folder, Content.IE Folder, TIF sub-folders
and
TIFs to normality.

Thank you

Alan C. Brown

 

[Alan C. Brown]

Don

For your info, I received the following reply from Carrie Garth, which
indicates that the behaviour of my Temporary Internet Folder is normal, even
for XP Pro SP1 with all the updates.

Alan C. Brown

|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

|: message
AFAIK "things" are normal. That is, on both of my computer running
Windows XP Professional SP1 (and all pertinent updates) and both
configured to show hidden files in the Folder Options dialog box, for
the user logged on only the Temporary Internet Files folder is visible
using Windows Explorer.

Furthermore, according to the following archived newsgroup reply on
the subject, posted by a Internet Explorer MVP, this is normal
behavior in WinXP:

Link to post via Google Groups Archives:
http://www.google.com/[email protected]

----- Begin Original Message -----
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
Subject: Re: Content.IE5 does not exist
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
Date: 2003-12-29 08:16:19 PST

<SNIP>
On WinXP you can only see Content.IE5 for your user if you logon as a
different user with administrative privileges. And you will have to
have set Windows Explorer to show hidden files and folders.
<SNIP>

----- End Original Message -----

BTW, you might be able to view your own Temporary Internet File folder
while logged in using your own by doing this - Click Start, click Run,
type the following command and click OK:

Shell:Cache\Content.IE5

--------------------------------------

Sorry... I don't know why they're not visible. Maybe it's an XP Pro quirk.

Don

No I cannot see them in two-pane mode, which is my usual mode.

Alan C. Brown
----------------------------

Can you see them in two-pane Windows Explorer mode? I've noticed I
don't see
Content.IE5 or the sub folders in single pane mode (my usual.)

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
"Alan C. Brown" <acbrown[at]intnet.mu> wrote in message
Don

Thanks for your help.

I did it logged on under my Wife's User Account Name (which has
Administrator Priviliges), and it worked in sofar as creating the
TIFFolder, Content.IE folder, and 4 TIF sub-folders (alpha-numeric
names), all of which I can see when I'm logged under my Wife's User
Account Name.

However, when I logon under My User Account Name, I still can only
see the TIF Folder - the rest are hidden, even though my folder
options are set to "Show hidden files & folders".

Any ideas why that might be ?

Alan C. Brown
-------------------
"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
Alan,
Deleting the TIF folder for the affected user account, followed by
a restart, should fix things.
See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

You should also run a smaller cache. 50-60 MB is sufficient for
most users.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
"Alan C. Brown" <acbrown[at]intnet.mu> wrote in message
I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S702 with Win XP Pro (OEM
version
pre-installed by Toshiba)

I recently ran "disk cleanup", but after about a minute in the
"Scanning:compressed Old Files" phase, the cleanup process
froze.
I tried again several times with the same result.

Consequently, out of frustration, I tried to manually delete the
contents of the Temporay Internet Files folder with only partial
success, in that only
about 1/3 (300MB) of the TIFs were deleted, and the other 2/3
(600 MB) could not be seen in the TIF folder in Windows
Explorer.

It was only after this happened that I read a reply from Carrie
Garth to a post I had previously made in the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general newsgroup, which advised
that the cleanup freeze problem can be resolved by deleting the
"Compress old files" registry key, and it did.

Unfortunately though, running "cleanup" again only revealed the
very recent TIFs created just prior to this cleanup. However,
now I could see the previously hidden Content.IE5 folder and
all it's TIF sub-folders (33 of them containing the 600 MB of
old
TIFs) in the Temporay Internet Files Folder, and I was able to
manually delete the TIFs in each TIF sub-folder, but leaving the
subfolders intact with their respective "desktop.ini" files.

Since doing that and resuming browsing the web, once again I
cannot see the
Content.IE folder, or the 33 TIF sub-folders in Windows
Explorer, although I do get a listing in the Temporary Internet
Folder of the all the newly created TIFs.

I would appreciate if anyone can advise me how to rectify this
problem, and return my Temporay Internet Folder, Content.IE
Folder, TIF sub-folders and TIFs to normality.

Thank you

Alan C. Brown