Temp Files Question

[Tarkus]

I was doing some exploring to find out where I can save some disk
space. I noticed a folder with about 2gb of files. C:\ Documents and
Settings\Dan\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5.
Therer some folders with names like 7FVYG85Q with 100mb jpg files. Are
these files I can delete? They don't go away when I use Disk Cleanup
or when I delete temp internet files.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Yes.

To delete *all* of your Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | Click OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop
Or Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially
if there are a large number of files. Also close OE.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
AND
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program)}
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the
temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that
websites have placed on your hard drive.
6) You can also click on the Clear History button to empty your History
folder.


If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder
when browser is closed | Click Apply | Click OK. Entirely up to you, but if
you
want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders.

Also: Start IE | Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Days to keep
pages in history: 0 | Apply | OK.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Yes, everything in the Content.IE5 folder can be deleted safely.

 

[Bert Kinney]

In addition, right click on the IE icon on the desktop and select
properties, click on Settings and reduce the "Amount of disk space to
use". With a broadband connection 20mb's or less should be sufficient.

 

[Dr. C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T]

Hi Tarkus,

I use a Freeware program calledEmptyTempFolders v2.8.3. I have it
set to empty all temporary and workarea folders on boot. It's a
great utility. You can even set it to load, execute then unload if
you don't want to keep it in memory. I keep it in memory since I am
a developer and always have to many temporary files open. I just
click on the icon in the system tray and have it empty temporary
folders whenever I need to.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

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