Unseen files in Temporary internet files.

[rathbunjl]

The number of files on my computer continues to grow but are not seen in
Windows Explorer.
They do show up when I run my virus scan and watch the file names
flash by. They are stored in content.IE5 folder in the
temporary internet folder.
But I cannot find these files during a "search".
How do I clean up these files?

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[Guest]

Hello,
I have exactly the same problem... The only way I found so far to tackle it
is to run Disc Cleanup and delete files from it. I would also greatly
appreciate if someone could explain the reason why it happens and how to
solve this problem...

"rathbunjl" пишет:

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents.

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.

If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder
when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you
want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders.

Also: Start IE | Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Days to keep
pages in history: 0 | Apply | OK.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[rathbunjl]

3) Check the box Delete all offline content was the key,
thanks.

 

[Guest]

I've tried all of these before... Neverheless, the problem persists. The
files cannot be seen with windows explorer, the TIF folder appears to be
empty (after deleting files and cookies by either methods). But when looking
at properties of the TIF folder in WE it shows that there is a number of
files and folders in it (eg. right now ...folders: 22, files: 78, size:
7,81Mb). I've tried setting the max. size for temporary internet files folder
to 1Mb, but it grows far beyond that...until i use Disc Cleanup as I said
before...


"Wesley Vogel" пишет:

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I've tried all of these before... Neverheless, the problem persists. The
files cannot be seen with windows explorer, the TIF folder appears to be
empty (after deleting files and cookies by either methods). But when
looking
at properties of the TIF folder in WE it shows that there is a number of
files and folders in it (eg. right now ...folders: 22, files: 78, size:
7,81Mb). I've tried setting the max. size for temporary internet files
folder
to 1Mb, but it grows far beyond that...until i use Disc Cleanup as I said
before...

My method is to use the following in a batch file....run it in a shutdown
script if using XP Pro, or manually if you aren't.

FOR /F %%A IN ('DIR/B "C:\Documents and Settings"') DO DEL/S/F/Q
"C:\Documents and Settings\%%A\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.*"
FOR /F %%A IN ('DIR/B "C:\Documents and Settings"') DO RD/S/Q "C:\Documents
and Settings\%%A\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\"

Gets rid of all the pesky little !@#%%s.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

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

Click OK.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Wesley Vogel]

You're welcome. Keep having fun.

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[John Barnes]

on IE use tools, internet options and delete files