Temporary Internet Files

[PT]

In Windows XP Home Explorer if I drill down as follows: Docs & Settings |
User | Local Settings | Temporary Internet Files, here's what I find.

If I left click the folder, it appears empty
If I right click the folder, it tells me there are 4,052 files in 30
folders, containing 15+ MB of data.

If I click on Tools | Folder Options | View, I note that I've checked the
box "Show Hidden Folders" and unchecked the box "Hide Protected Operation
System Files". Checking the latter doesn't change the previous displays.

So - are there really 30 folders and 4,052 files?

If so, why don't they display?

Can I delete them?

Should I delete them?

 

[Alan Edwards]

You should read this:
Description of the Internet Explorer CACHE
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers3.htm#Cache

If you want to delete files in TIF, then do it the normal way.
IE-Tools-Internet Options-Delete Files (in the TIF section)

....Alan

 

[Wesley Vogel]

To see them...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5


You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents.

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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