"cannot download" issue...deleting temp int files...

[Guest]

Hi...I've been having the problem many others have, where IE "cannot download" many file types, including .swf files.

I surfed the net and found a million potential solutions, but the only thing that worked ironically was clicking "delete files" in Internet options! The strange thing is, I thought I was doing that regularly every few days anyway.

So I think I need to REALLY delete the temp int files folder, but not sure how. Its size is 1.36 GB and the size on disk is 2.41GB. I'm using Win ME sadly and do not have a bootable disk. How can I safely delete this whole folder and start from scratch.

And two more general questions that I've long wondered:
1) Why are those Content.IE folders hidden?
2) How come there is no Advanced tab in Internet Options in Win ME?

Thanks very much for your time and help,
Michael Ellis

 

[H Leboeuf]

See if you can get a copy of the boot disk here.

Looking for a particular boot disk?
Start Here.
http://www.bootdisk.com
--
You may already have seen this page.
Delete/Empty Temporary Internet Cache completely
How To: and with most operating system.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Your second problem.

The Advanced Tab Is Blank in Internet Properties
When you click the Advanced tab in the Internet Properties dialog box, the
tab may be blank. The Settings heading may be displayed, but the rest of the
tab may be blank.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=273492 (i. e. 5. W98/se/NT4/ME/W2000 Oct.
1, 2002)

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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Hi...I've been having the problem many others have, where IE "cannot

download" many file types, including .swf files.

I surfed the net and found a million potential solutions, but the only

thing that worked ironically was clicking "delete files" in Internet
options! The strange thing is, I thought I was doing that regularly every
few days anyway.

So I think I need to REALLY delete the temp int files folder, but not sure

how. Its size is 1.36 GB and the size on disk is 2.41GB. I'm using Win ME
sadly and do not have a bootable disk. How can I safely delete this whole
folder and start from scratch.