re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Monday, February 23, 2004 at 1:11 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by David Whittle
(1 messages posted)
I have the same problem as u guys, when i check the properties of Temporary Internet
Files in Local Settings it tells me there are 26 folders and some 2500 files in it
which make up about 1Gb!!! When i look in the folder there is nothing there!
I have no idea how to get rid of this, i tried to copy the same folder from another
user but that just gave me some weird error about mapping, very annoying.
If anyone has any further suggestions as to how get rid of this i would really appreciate
it.
On Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 3:03 pm, randombox wrote:
>Good Buddy Jesse,
>I know this is gonna be of no help to you but, I have resolved to not let this thing
>bother me anymore as I know how to get around the problem! If you register for
the
>LockerGnome Forums and/or do a search for this >> "Content.IE5" You will see two
>posts with a few work arounds! But neither is of help to me!
>In addition, forcefully going to this folder (even though it is invisible) by typing
>the exact folder name (such as: C:\Documents and Settings\"Your Name"\Local Settings\Temporary
>Internet Files\Content.IE5) and then undoing the check box for Read Only or then
>going and giving Your Name Full Security Priviliges (as it should be) does nothing
>to alleviate the problem as the next time you open WindowsExplorer, it puts them
>back to the way they are (read only and then it double shows this folder with the
>same EXACT name TWICE)!
>You see, I may not know the answer to the question but I surely know that there
is
>a work around to be able to manipulate it using the direct "Go To" command to this
>folder from the ToolBar! So just write it down and take solace that you may not
>know the answer but you sure can get to it still to delete contents! I have seen
>elsewhere how to relocate the TempInternetFiles folder to another location but I
>will not do this as I don't want it to cause other tertiary problems in my system!
> Add to the above the fact that I rarely use InternetExplorer (I am a Mozilla fan
>for the past 2 years), you can see why I no longer pay any attention to such minor
>nits that microsoft has insisted on pestering me with!
>There are additional help files such as changing the size of the *.dat file and
all
>that jazz and there are scripts that you can write to delete contents w/o physically
>going to it but all this is for naught only if you want it to bother you some more
>or you are in the same exact problematic boat that I am in with is Content.IE5 folder!
> Don't fret it (like me) and just jot down the exact location (as I told you above)
>and every once in a while you can go there do the clean up if you cannot automated
>with wipe history tool in IE6! Dig? I am sorry for the length of this reply but
>there is one more additional knowledge I have come across (but one that has not
cured
>my ill with this Content.IE5 folder) and it is as follows: BUT REMEMBER THIS DOES
>NOT GET RID OF THE PROBLEM IN MY SYSTEM:
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>Want to See All The Hidden Files and Folders?
>Did you know that even when you've selected to view hidden files and folders in
>>
>Explorer's Tools >> Folder Options >> View Advanced settings, there are some files
>that still won't be displayed? These are system files and normally you'd have no
>reason to access, change or delete them (and doing so could cause big problems if
>you don't know what you're doing). But if you'd like to see everything that's there,
>you can make Windows treat these like regular hidden files so that the settings
to
>view hidden files and folders will cause them to display in Explorer.
>You can do so by editing the registry.
>? First, navigate to the following registry key:
>HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
>? In the right pane, double click the entry ShowSuperHidden.
>? Set the data value to 1.
>If you later decide you want these "super hidden" files to stay out of sight, set
>the data value back to 0.
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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