Hidden Files and Folders / Content.IE5!?!

[Anne]

Okay so I've lost a crucial document that is VERY important for my business.
I downloaded this file from an email attachment, clicked "open" instead of
"save as"....edited the document in MS WORD, clicked the save icon, and
closed it. Now my document is nowhere to be found, locked away in some crazy
Temp Folder.

A friend advised me to type in the file path for the Content.IE5 folder, as
he said this folder wouldn't show up even if you searched and selected "Show
hidden files and folders". I did this, it opened the folder, which held a
few other folders, all with very few files in them-- though i definitely did
not locate the file I was searching for.

This prompted me to investigate the properties of the main Content.IE5
folder, which said it contained 5,000 files and 19 folders. I cannot imagine
why this would be, why there would be so many folders full of unneccesary
images and files, and I as the computer owner cannot get to them easily. I
am desperate....Windows support won't help me unless I pay them $60.

I tried downloading an attachment again, and viewing the document properties
to locate the filepath -- then typing in the filepath. This helped me to
find about four of the 19 super hidden folders, but my file was not in any of
them. PLEASE HELP ME

 

[BillW50]

In Anne typed on Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:13:01 -0700:

Okay so I've lost a crucial document that is VERY important for my
business. I downloaded this file from an email attachment, clicked
"open" instead of "save as"....edited the document in MS WORD,
clicked the save icon, and closed it. Now my document is nowhere to
be found, locked away in some crazy Temp Folder.

A friend advised me to type in the file path for the Content.IE5
folder, as he said this folder wouldn't show up even if you searched
and selected "Show hidden files and folders". I did this, it opened
the folder, which held a few other folders, all with very few files
in them-- though i definitely did not locate the file I was searching
for.

This prompted me to investigate the properties of the main Content.IE5
folder, which said it contained 5,000 files and 19 folders. I cannot
imagine why this would be, why there would be so many folders full of
unneccesary images and files, and I as the computer owner cannot get
to them easily. I am desperate....Windows support won't help me
unless I pay them $60.

I tried downloading an attachment again, and viewing the document
properties to locate the filepath -- then typing in the filepath.
This helped me to find about four of the 19 super hidden folders, but
my file was not in any of them. PLEASE HELP ME

For starters, Windows Explorer will never show you all hidden files no
matter what you set the settings too for one. Something free like A43
will though and doesn't make any changes to your computer or anything.
There are others that can too, but this is a starting point. Anybody who
doesn't believe this, try Explorer and look in the Fonts folder. Now
look with A43.

http://alterion.us/a43/

 

[Anne]

Thank You. I am trying this program now. I did discover a way to show all
(I think) of the files in the Content folder. It was necessary that I check
"show hidden files and folders" and uncheck " DO not hide important system
folders" or something like that. The folders appeared then. I want to know
why all this random crap is in what Windows calls ... IMPorant System FOLDERs
.. mm hmmm

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

WYSIWYG. Open the attachment again then SAVE it to your HDD *before* you
edit it.

 

[Martin Gerhold]

Thank You. I am trying this program now. I did discover a way to show all
(I think) of the files in the Content folder. It was necessary that I check
"show hidden files and folders" and uncheck " DO not hide important system
folders" or something like that. The folders appeared then. I want to know
why all this random crap is in what Windows calls ... IMPorant System FOLDERs
.. mm hmmm

Did you find what you wanted? A brief experiment on my setup (Outlook, XP-Pro)
reveals that Outlook saves files to the folder "C:\Documents and
Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK771\". However,
Explorer shows no such folder. Agent Ransack (google it) can see files in this
'magic' folder that Explorer can't. Even without Agent Ransack, you may be able
to access the contents: try opening another word doc from within an email, then
go to File>Save As, and save with a recognisable simple name in the offered
folder. Then go to File>Open, and you should see that saved file, and any other
Word files in the 'magic' folder - your 'lost' one may be there.

HTH, Martin

 

[ju.c]

To open the "Content.IE5" folder, create a new shortcut
somewhere and paste this line into its path:

%WinDir%\explorer.exe /e,"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

Just check that your "Temporary Internet Files" folder
path is correct.


ju.c