re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 1:58 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by iLL922
(1 messages posted)
Thank you Ted, thank you. My Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ had disappeared.
I was sooo frustrated and then I saw your DOS post. I followed all your instructions
and it worked!!! It really worked!! My Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ folder
and .IE5 file appeared:-)
On Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 8:54 am, Ted Belben wrote:
>While recently browsing the Internet for information on a spyware issue, McAfee
reported
>a Trojan had been found in a subdirectory of Content.IE5 (the internet cache).
I
>tried to delete, quarantine and clean using McAfee, but was unable. For whatever
>reason, Microsoft considers the current user folders to be Hidden System folders.
>
>They are listed in the registry as follows:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\
>
>Since we know these folders exist, along with the location, they can be displayed
>using a few simple DOS commands as follows:
>
>The following is a step by step procedure should you be unfamiliar with DOS.
>
>To open a dos window, go to: Start>Run> and type "Cmd" (without quotations) and
>Enter
>
>This should open up a dos window in the root directory of C drive. if not in the
>root, type:
>
>CD\ and Enter to take you back to the root of C drive
>
>Type:
>
>CD Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\
>
>and press Enter. Note the space between CD and Documents. Also substitute {user
>name} with the actual name of your user directory, without braces.
>
>To change the attributes of files and folders which are subdirectories off the Local
>Settings, type:
>
>attrib –r -h -s /D /S *.* and Enter.
>
>Note the space between each group of characters (6 spaces total). I suggest –r
even
>though it may be unnecessary as some files on my computer were read only, (possibly
>set by the Trojan). This will turn off the read only attribute if set.
>
>You should now be able to return to Windows Explorer and browse to the Content.IE5
>folder and the 4 IE Cache subfolders along with its index.dat and desktop.ini files.
> If you wish to continue in DOS, use the following commands in the DOS window.
>
>Type: DIR - and Enter
>
>One of the directories displayed should be Temporary Internet Files
>
>Type: CD Temporary Internet Files and Enter
>
>Type: DIR and Enter
>
>The listing should now include the Content.IE5 Folder
>
>Type: CD Content.IE5 and Enter
>
>Type: DIR and Enter
>
>Assuming the cache is configured for 4 folders in the registry, this will display
>the 4 IE Cache folders, along with the Index.dat and desktop.ini files. You can
>use the above listed procedures to navigate to the individual folders and file lists
>and delete files using the following command:
>
>DEL {filename} Note space between DEL and {filename}
>
>Provided the folder is empty, folders can be deleted by going up one level in the
>tree structure and typing:
>
>RD {foldername} Note space between RD and {foldername}
>
>Use caution when deleting files and removing directories using DOS, especially if
>using wildcards such as *.*. This will delete all files in the current folder.
>Once deleted, files and folders cannot be recovered.
>
>An excellent freeware program, CCleaner (Crap Cleaner), available from:
>
>http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
>
>can be used to do this cleanup for you. After you run CCleaner, it tends to leave
>the Content.IE5 folder, subfolders and files accessible with Windows Explorer, until
>they are reset to System status, possibly on reboot.
>
>Hope this is of some help. It worked for me.
>
>Northern Eagle
>
>
>
>
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