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Very puzzling. Appreciate any help/ideas anyone may have.

 

I've been patching xp from ms. site for the last couple of weeks. Installed

19 or 20 patches. Now, I cannot see the folders and files that Internet

Explorer (6 sp1, latest patches) uses for its cache.

 

These are in

D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

 

Folder options: show hidden files, show all files with registered extensions

and show system files. That is, show everything.

 

Properties for \TemporaryInternetFiles showed 90 megabytes, in eight or nine

subfolders and tens of thousands of files. Windows Explorer showed only the

top level folder which held 350 files at two megabytes. No subfolders or

the files in them. The only way I could get to the subfolders and get rid

of the files was to run Bullet Proof Folder Sizes (recommend it, distinctly

better than MSFT progs), expand the top level directory, then open the

subfolders in Explorer.

 

Has anyone experienced this? I am looking at it right now in Windows

Explorer: D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserId\Local Settings\Temporary

Internet Files. No subfolders at all. And yet they are all there, all of

those stupidly named folders. Some setting in one of the patches is

blocking the view of them, and I really want to get that view back. I am

feeling what I feel far too often (having quite a few MS certs) about

Microsoft.

 

Thanks much,

Mike

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    I dont know if these are what you re looking for but there are a lot of

    Hidden Internet files in here:

    >> D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet

    >> Files

     

    Now add to your above line:

     

    \content.IE5

     

    That is >> D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary

    Internet Files\Content.IE5

     

     

    and hit GO. You'll find a lot of folders entitled something like:

    AEZ1HGX with piles of DL internet files inside.

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    Too bad for Rudy,xp uses IE6 not IE5.Try internet options,advanced,chk the

    box "do not save encrypted files" chk the box "empty internet

    folders",close out.

    Go to run,type:%Temp% Go to edit,select all,delete all.Also,thier is a xp

    download that clears IE cache,locate in xp downloads

     

    "dubya" wrote:

    > Very puzzling. Appreciate any help/ideas anyone may have.

    >

    > I've been patching xp from ms. site for the last couple of weeks. Installed

    > 19 or 20 patches. Now, I cannot see the folders and files that Internet

    > Explorer (6 sp1, latest patches) uses for its cache.

    >

    > These are in

    > D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

    >

    > Folder options: show hidden files, show all files with registered extensions

    > and show system files. That is, show everything.

    >

    > Properties for \TemporaryInternetFiles showed 90 megabytes, in eight or nine

    > subfolders and tens of thousands of files. Windows Explorer showed only the

    > top level folder which held 350 files at two megabytes. No subfolders or

    > the files in them. The only way I could get to the subfolders and get rid

    > of the files was to run Bullet Proof Folder Sizes (recommend it, distinctly

    > better than MSFT progs), expand the top level directory, then open the

    > subfolders in Explorer.

    >

    > Has anyone experienced this? I am looking at it right now in Windows

    > Explorer: D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserId\Local Settings\Temporary

    > Internet Files. No subfolders at all. And yet they are all there, all of

    > those stupidly named folders. Some setting in one of the patches is

    > blocking the view of them, and I really want to get that view back. I am

    > feeling what I feel far too often (having quite a few MS certs) about

    > Microsoft.

    >

    > Thanks much,

    > Mike

    >

    >

    >

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    "dubya" <dubya54@XXXXyeeeehaw.com> wrote in message

    news:OFzpmBFvHHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

    > Very puzzling. Appreciate any help/ideas anyone may have.

    >

    > I've been patching xp from ms. site for the last couple of weeks.

    > Installed 19 or 20 patches. Now, I cannot see the folders and files that

    > Internet Explorer (6 sp1, latest patches) uses for its cache.

    >

    > These are in

    > D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

    >

    > Folder options: show hidden files, show all files with registered

    > extensions and show system files. That is, show everything.

    >

    > Properties for \TemporaryInternetFiles showed 90 megabytes, in eight or

    > nine subfolders and tens of thousands of files. Windows Explorer showed

    > only the top level folder which held 350 files at two megabytes. No

    > subfolders or the files in them. The only way I could get to the

    > subfolders and get rid of the files was to run Bullet Proof Folder Sizes

    > (recommend it, distinctly better than MSFT progs), expand the top level

    > directory, then open the subfolders in Explorer.

    >

    > Has anyone experienced this? I am looking at it right now in Windows

    > Explorer: D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserId\Local Settings\Temporary

    > Internet Files. No subfolders at all. And yet they are all there, all of

    > those stupidly named folders. Some setting in one of the patches is

    > blocking the view of them, and I really want to get that view back. I am

    > feeling what I feel far too often (having quite a few MS certs) about

    > Microsoft.

    >

    > Thanks much,

    > Mike

     

     

    ccleaner will get to these folders and empty them, even if you can't see

    them.

    http://www.ccleaner.com

     

    You should be able to reset the folder view via a command prompt and the

    attrib command, at least temporarily. It helps a lot if you have the

    "CmdHere.exe" XP Powertoy installed.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

     

    Open the command prompt to the parent folder, and verify that you're in the

    right place..

     

    dir /ah

     

    which will show folders marked as hidden. Temporary Internet Files is also

    marked as System.

     

    And then use the attrib command in this format:

     

    attrib -s -h Temporary Internet Files

    cd Temporary internet files

    attrib -s -h content.ie5

     

    You can now see the folder in Explorer. You may need to press F5.

     

    HTH

    -pk

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    "Rudy" <NoSpam@no-onehome.net> wrote in message

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    >I dont know if these are what you re looking for but there are a lot of

    >Hidden Internet files in here:

    >

    >>> D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet

    >>> Files

    >

    > Now add to your above line:

    >

    > \content.IE5

    >

    > That is >> D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary

    > Internet Files\Content.IE5

    >

    >

    > and hit GO. You'll find a lot of folders entitled something like: AEZ1HGX

    > with piles of DL internet files inside.

    >

    Thanks, Rudy.

     

    I should have thought of that. All you have to do is put "content.ie5" into

    explorer's address box and it opens the folder.

     

    But what has recently caused Explorer to default to not showing that folder?

    And how to fix it?

     

    Mike

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    "Rudy" <NoSpam@no-onehome.net> wrote in message

    news:EA%hi.77742$NV3.57458@pd7urf2no...

    >I dont know if these are what you re looking for but there are a lot of

    >Hidden Internet files in here:

    >

    >>> D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary Internet

    >>> Files

    >

    > Now add to your above line:

    >

    > \content.IE5

    >

    > That is >> D:\Documents and Settings\xxUserID\Local Settings\Temporary

    > Internet Files\Content.IE5

    >

    >

    > and hit GO. You'll find a lot of folders entitled something like: AEZ1HGX

    > with piles of DL internet files inside.

    >

     

    I knew they were there; problem was getting at them, which I was doing by

    opening them with Explorer from inside another application.

     

    I found the reason in an article by Sandi Hardmeier on MS website:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/ietopten.mspx

    "... Windows 2000 and Windows XP users can log in using an Administrator

    account to delete the folders in question directly from within Windows

    Explorer. Note that an Administrator cannot delete his own Internet Explorer

    cache folders. He must log on using a different Administrator account."

     

    I would never have guessed....

     

    Mike

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    "Andrew E." <

    > Too bad for Rudy,xp uses IE6 not IE5.

     

     

    \Temporary internet files\Content.IE5 brings them up just fine on my

    WinXP computer

     

    You might just TRY it

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    > attrib -s -h Temporary Internet Files

    > cd Temporary internet files

    > attrib -s -h content.ie5

     

    There it is AGAIN Andrew, .IE5

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    > Thanks, Rudy.

    > I should have thought of that. All you have to do is put "content.ie5"

    > into explorer's address box and it opens the folder.

    > But what has recently caused Explorer to default to not showing that

    > folder? And how to fix it?

     

    Mine has never shown it unless I type it in myself. I'm guessing its

    covered by one of the:

     

    Hidden Files, System Files bulleted exclusions

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