re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 12:05 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Linda Sue
(2 messages posted)
The registry key for Show Super Hidden was already set at 1 when I found it. Further
down, however, was another entry named, Super Hidden. It also had a value of 1.
I changed it to 0 and left Show Super Hidden set as it already was, at 1. This,
without a restart, immediately showed all Temporary Internet Files and cookies, so
I assume it worked for all super hidden files. Many thanks to RandomBox for the
great lead!
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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