seeing Content.IE5 folder

[Laura]

Hidden in the Temporary Internet Folder is the imfamous Content.IE5
folder with the subfolders containing the tmp files from OE and IE. I am
not able to see the Content.IE5 folder on both of our Dell laptops. Both
are running XP Pro. I can see the hidden folders and content only via
the View Files option in the Disk Cleanup. It was through this function
that I discovered over 200k files yesterday that I had to delete
manually. I also know how to use the "delete offline content" to keep
these files manageble.

Is there a setting that needs to be changed so that I can see the
Content.IE5 folder on my user ID as well as all of the hidden temp
files? Others that I have talked to can see their folder without any
problems.

TIA,
Laura

 

[S.Sengupta]

-----Original Message-----
Hidden in the Temporary Internet Folder is the imfamous Content.IE5
folder with the subfolders containing the tmp files from OE and IE. I am
not able to see the Content.IE5 folder on both of our Dell laptops. Both
are running XP Pro. I can see the hidden folders and content only via
the View Files option in the Disk Cleanup. It was through this function
that I discovered over 200k files yesterday that I had to delete
manually. I also know how to use the "delete offline content" to keep
these files manageble.

Is there a setting that needs to be changed so that I can see the
Content.IE5 folder on my user ID as well as all of the hidden temp
files? Others that I have talked to can see their folder without any
problems.

TIA,
Laura

.

Hi!
Have you looked here?
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
with regards,
ssg
pronetworks.org

 

[dev]

Laura said:

Hidden in the Temporary Internet Folder is the imfamous Content.IE5
folder with the subfolders containing the tmp files from OE and IE. I am
not able to see the Content.IE5 folder on both of our Dell laptops. Both
are running XP Pro. I can see the hidden folders and content only via
the View Files option in the Disk Cleanup. It was through this function
that I discovered over 200k files yesterday that I had to delete
manually. I also know how to use the "delete offline content" to keep
these files manageble.

Is there a setting that needs to be changed so that I can see the
Content.IE5 folder on my user ID as well as all of the hidden temp
files? Others that I have talked to can see their folder without any
problems.

In Windows Explorer, if VIEW menu|TOOLBARDS|ADDRESS BAR is enabled, and
the Temporary Internet Files directory (folder) is selected, you should
see a path in the address bar. If not, click TOOLS|FOLDER OPTIONS|VIEW
tab and checkmark the "show entire path in address bar" item.

Once that is done, type "\Content.IE5" at the end of the path (no quotes),
then press the <enter> key.

 

[Laura]

Logon as someone else. The 'current logged on user's TIF gets special
treatment, and you can't look at it like a normal folder. If you logon
as someone else (with admin rights) you can then clean it up as a normal
folder.

The absolute fastest way I've found to clean it up is just to delete the
'index.dat' file .. when you then logon as the original user, the TIF
contents seem to get adjusted back to match the index (a new blank index
gets created) - voila, all gone.

Yup. Been there done that. Found a cmd file that you put in the admin
ID's startup to delete cookie, history & TIF. Works great.

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the

That's the folder that is hidden under normal circumstances. I'm
trying to get it to show all of the time.

It doesn't show for the =current user= .. you can look at any other
<username> except the one that is currently logged on. If your friend
has a machine where they can actually look at <current user>'s TIF and
see the internal structure (under WinXP) then something strange is
happening (like maybe that user has actually moved their real TIF files
someplace else). With older OS (Win2k for instance) ISTR that this was
possible.

 

[Laura]

Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the


It doesn't show for the =current user= .. you can look at any other
<username> except the one that is currently logged on. If your friend
has a machine where they can actually look at <current user>'s TIF and
see the internal structure (under WinXP) then something strange is
happening (like maybe that user has actually moved their real TIF files
someplace else). With older OS (Win2k for instance) ISTR that this was
possible.

Thanks for letting me know that I was trying to do the impossible.
Case closed. ;-)