Why does MS insist on hiding Temp Internet Files from the user?

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When you "delete" the temporary internet files from within IE or from Disk
Cleanup they are still there, but the folder "looks" like it is empty. Do a
properties check on the folders and there is volume in there. Do a virus
scan and the files are still there. Now I know how to "really" delete the
files, but why is it so important to Microsoft that these files remain on
the hard drive? Why the subterfuge?
The one thing I haven't tried (yet) is how to clear the index.dat file.
Index.dat also keeps a record of the users web activity. And Windows has
always made it readily difficult to clear this history tracker. Why?
I've used the clear.bat type process to clean up my Win 98/95 machines, but
w/o true DOS is this possible in XP?
 
Log in as a different user, then you can delete the entire folder "Temporary
Internet Files from the user in question (index.dat and all).
 

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