CleanXP.bat

[J&P Steele]

Using Fred Langa's CleanXP script file for deleting contents of the
Temporary Internet folder, the line reads :-

cd C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files
del /q /f /s *.*

It removes all the contents excepting the cookies from this folder.

However, the same command removes all the cookies from the Cookies folder.

What have I got wrong?

Many thanks
Joe Steele

 

[Jim Macklin]

Why not ask Fred?



| Using Fred Langa's CleanXP script file for deleting
contents of the
| Temporary Internet folder, the line reads :-
|
| cd C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet
| Files
| del /q /f /s *.*
|
| It removes all the contents excepting the cookies from
this folder.
|
| However, the same command removes all the cookies from the
Cookies folder.
|
| What have I got wrong?
|
| Many thanks
| Joe Steele
|
|
|

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| Using Fred Langa's CleanXP script file for deleting contents of the
| Temporary Internet folder, the line reads :-
|
| cd C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
| Files
| del /q /f /s *.*
|
| It removes all the contents excepting the cookies from this folder.
|
| However, the same command removes all the cookies from the Cookies folder.
|
| What have I got wrong?
|
| Many thanks
| Joe Steele

Interesting. I use Mr. Langa's cleanxp.bat file to and had never noticed.

Based on your post I went and looked and I find the same thing happening
here.

I found that C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files on my computer contained 21.5 MB of files. Going to Tools>
Internet Options> "Delete Cookies" did get rid of them as one would expect.
Interestingly however after having deleted them and rebooted the computer
the properties of the folder still show 21.5 MB even though the folder
appears to be empty. (I am set to show hidden and system files and *not* to
hide files with known extensions.)

I agree with the other responder. Ask Fred. He's amazingly good at
responding to reader mail. I'd be very interested to know what you find out.
Feel free to respond privately if you feel it would be more appropriate.


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I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
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[J&P Steele]

Why not ask Fred?

Of course! Silly me.

Will post any reply received.

Regards,
Joe Steele

 

[J&P Steele]

HilBillyBuddhist,

It seems that Fred Langa doesn't reply to queries on a one-to-one basis
nowadays but I did find a link to one of the user forums, but no reply yet.

However, I have found the reason for CleanXPp missing the cookies.

If I run CleanXP on bootup, before opening any other programs, it works
fine. Now, it may advise this somewhere on Fred's site but I have to admit
that I did not read everything there was to read about this little program
before using it.

Hope this works for you.

Regards,
Joe Steele

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

HilBillyBuddhist,

It seems that Fred Langa doesn't reply to queries on a one-to-one basis
nowadays but I did find a link to one of the user forums, but no reply yet.

However, I have found the reason for CleanXPp missing the cookies.

If I run CleanXP on bootup, before opening any other programs, it works
fine. Now, it may advise this somewhere on Fred's site but I have to admit
that I did not read everything there was to read about this little program
before using it.

Hope this works for you.

Regards,
Joe Steele

Thanks for the follow-up.

--
D

I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details.

Remove shoes to E-mail.

 

[David Candy]

Cookies aren't stored in TIF. They're stored in Cookies. Explorer shows them AS IF they were in TIF. But file and directory commands work on the file and directory level. Explorer works on the namespace model.

EG take c:\boot.ini

It's file name is c:\boot.ini, However to explorer it's 6543:2309 (and it only exists if a folder view is opened - either programatically or by opening a folder window) and that number will change every time you view it. Not everything you see in Explorer is a file. EG History folder explorer displays it as if each page was a file. But on a file level they are in one file (I think one file a week or something). So a history item may exist as 2343:0961 but there is not a corresponding file item.

 

[J&P Steele]

Very interesting, David. Thanks for the reply.

I checked the "cookies" remaining in the TIP folder and found that they were
merely "non-responsive" images.

But, it is still necessary to run the program at bootup for it to be
effective against (delete) the Index.dat file, otherwise Windows protects
it.

Regards,
Joe Steele


Cookies aren't stored in TIF. They're stored in Cookies. Explorer shows them
AS IF they were in TIF. But file and directory commands work on the file and
directory level. Explorer works on the namespace model.

EG take c:\boot.ini

It's file name is c:\boot.ini, However to explorer it's 6543:2309 (and it
only exists if a folder view is opened - either programatically or by
opening a folder window) and that number will change every time you view it.
Not everything you see in Explorer is a file. EG History folder explorer
displays it as if each page was a file. But on a file level they are in one
file (I think one file a week or something). So a history item may exist as
2343:0961 but there is not a corresponding file item.