What are the Content.IE5 folders

[Jeff]

I'm on XP Home using IE6. Yet when searching for index.dat I discovered a
number existing within "Content.IE5" folders.

They are located deep within Documents and Settings\...\Local
settings\Temporary Internet Files and have recently modified dates even
though I am using IE 6. What is disturbing is that Disk Cleanup does not
empty those folders even though Temp Internet Files is selected.

Can I delete their contents which in some cases contain more than just
index.dat files?

Thanks.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Read here first:
Description of the Internet Explorer CACHE
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#Cache

You can then try this if necessary:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

....Alan

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
The index.dat files are just another part of the caching/indexing system for
IE. There are legitimate reasons to occasionally delete the index.dat files.
The *safe* method is to delete the folder containing the index.dat file.

Instructions for deleting the History and Temporary Internet Files folder
can be found at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

The content.ie5 folders should be emptied when you clear the TIF from
Internet Options> General and check "Delete offline content" when that box
pops up. If you delete the TIF folder to eliminate the content.ie5 folders,
they'll be recreated.

A google search for index.dat will turn up *much* information- and a fair
amount of speculation and paranoia. ;-)

You may find this freeware program interesting: Index.dat Suite
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/support/idsuite.asp

Hope this helps,
Don

 

[Jeff]

I was just wondering why they were called IE5 when I am using IE6?

--

Jeff Williams
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
(e-mail address removed)

Hi,
The index.dat files are just another part of the caching/indexing system for
IE. There are legitimate reasons to occasionally delete the index.dat files.
The *safe* method is to delete the folder containing the index.dat file.

Instructions for deleting the History and Temporary Internet Files folder
can be found at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

The content.ie5 folders should be emptied when you clear the TIF from
Internet Options> General and check "Delete offline content" when that box
pops up. If you delete the TIF folder to eliminate the content.ie5 folders,
they'll be recreated.

A google search for index.dat will turn up *much* information- and a fair
amount of speculation and paranoia. ;-)

You may find this freeware program interesting: Index.dat Suite
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/support/idsuite.asp

Hope this helps,
Don

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I was just wondering why they were called IE5 when I am using IE6?

Just to be consistent with the earlier version since IE6 uses the data the
same way IE5 did and some other programs put some of their data there.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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