Hidden folder that won't "unhide"

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I can't seem to access (or delete) a bunch of files loacted in
C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK1BD
no matter what I do I can't get the OLK1BD folder to materialize

Any thougths on ths one?

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
I can't seem to access (or delete) a bunch of files loacted in
C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\OLK1BD no matter what I do I can't get the OLK1BD folder to
materialize

Any thougths on ths one?

Jeff
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Open Internet Explorer.
Click Tools | Internet Options.
Click the Delete Files button.
Click the box to delete all offline content to check it and click OK.

The other option is to logon as Administrator and delete the files from
there.

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Jeff said:
I can't seem to access (or delete) a bunch of files loacted in
C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK1BD
no matter what I do I can't get the OLK1BD folder to materialize

Any thougths on ths one?

Jeff
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i cannot "unhide" the files and folders on my computer. when i click on the
option "show hidden files and folders" it set back to the "do no show hidden
files and folders", when i do a search i found the locations of the folders
but i cannot see the files on them.
if somebody knows wat can be hapenning it would be a great help
 
carlos said:
i cannot "unhide" the files and folders on my computer. when i click
on the option "show hidden files and folders" it set back to the "do no
show hidden files and folders", when i do a search i found the
locations of the folders but i cannot see the files on them.
if somebody knows wat can be hapenning it would be a great help
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Only malware is interested in undoing that setting. Since that malware
has already the control over your system, it may also bypass any anti-
virus.
 
Detlev said:
Only malware is interested in undoing that setting. Since that malware
has already the control over your system, it may also bypass any anti-
virus.
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I've also seen this happen when MSN's software had somehow saved over
46,000 <!!> copies of outgoing mail (for only 50 actual messages). The
directory is visible, but cannot be entered nor deleted with Explorer.
There is no malware on this system; I checked it thoroughly.

The problem is that WinXP (Pro, fully updated) isn't capable of indexing
that many files at once, and freezes solid every time Explorer tries to
access the contents of that directory, for any purpose.

I was able to see the content of the files with a commandline hex
viewer, so I DO know what they are. The directory is too deep to respond
to DOS commands, so DELTREE and the like don't work.

I'll be trying ZTree next time I see that client, and see if it can
delete the surplus files.

Anyway, point being if a temp internet directory has too many files in
it, it CAN behave weirdly without any malware present.

~REZ~
 
Rez said:
I've also seen this happen when MSN's software had somehow saved over
46,000 <!!> copies of outgoing mail (for only 50 actual messages). The
directory is visible, but cannot be entered nor deleted with Explorer.
There is no malware on this system; I checked it thoroughly.
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That's an entirely different case. The problem I was replying to is that
the option "Show hidden files and folders" (Explorer > Tools > Folder
Options > View) gets unchecked when ticked. I doubt that this was the
case concerning your system - please do not mix different problems!
 
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