After I go into my Control Panel and delete all my cookies and files from my
Temporary Internet Files I go into windows explorer and I see that the
folder is empty. However, if I right-click on the folder and select
properties, I see that it still contains about 33,000 files and is still
taking up about 88mb. Where is it picking this information up from?

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 04:41:42 GMT, "Speck Tater"
<news_account@removenospam.rogers.com> wrote:


Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Internet Options. Click the "General"
tab, Under "Temporary Internet Files", click the "Delete Files" button,
check the box, "Delete all offline content", "OK". After it finishes, click
the "Settings" button and lower the amount of disk space to use to 20 Meg.
Click "OK", "Apply". That will increase your hard drive space by how
much was in that folder. I've seen it well over a gig. Folders that big are
prone to crosslinked files. Clear it weekly, or sooner, especially if IE
starts acting funny.

Also click the "Advanced" tab, scroll down to "Security", and check the box,
"Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed", click
"Apply", "OK"

If that fails to empty it, try Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools,
Disk Cleanup.

Another way is to delete it from a DOS session.

Start up in the DOS mode. (Windows95, 98, 98se)
Reboot, hold down the "Control" key during startup,
select "Command Prompt Only".
(Any other OS that uses Fat32, boot to a DOS floppy)

At the DOS prompt, type:

deltree /y c:\Windows\tempor~1

Reboot. Windows will create a new folder automatically.

No can do. I tried everything. The folder is empty but if I still
right-click and the properties it shows 29 folders and about 33,000 files
taking up 89mb. I don't get it.


"Unk" <not@aol.com> wrote in message
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Speck Tater wrote:

You haven't mentioned your OS. In 'Folder Options'; do you have
'Show Hidden' files selected? How about 'System' files?
Are there other users of that computer (as in multiple temp file
locations)?
You could try (if you haven't, yet) a cleaning utility like
Easycleaner:
<http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm>
Also, generally, it's just for cleaning out index files (obviously
not what you're dealing with at *that* size), but maybe running Spider
would help figure out what's happened, here:
Spider: http://tinyurl.com/eoyl (Both programs are freeware.)

"Speck Tater" <news_account@removenospam.rogers.com> wrote in
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When you go to the 'Temporary Internet Files' you don't see the real
contents. Inside is a file 'Desktop.ini', in which is a GUID, which points
to a filter which will filter the contents you see. (It will change the
icon either, thats why this map has a different icon.

You kan pass this filter with a command prompt.

There is a bug in the 'Clear Temporary Internet Files', it will only delete
the files from which the entries are kept in some internal database. I
suppose your database is corrupted.

You can just delete the whole map, then Windos will install a clean one.

Isaac

Reboot.


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"Richard" <Anonymous@127.001> wrote in message
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No can do. Report remains the same no matter what. Even after a reboot.

Tried that....no can do. Same numbers always popping up no matter what.


"°Mike°" <qp_mike_qp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Exactly HOW are you deleting these files, and
exactly WHERE is the target folder? Give details;
remember nobody in this group has access to
your machine, or knows anything about it, or
what you are doing. If you fail to give details
you will fail to get the help you are requesting.


On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 16:04:34 GMT, in
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Speck Tater scrawled:

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"Speck Tater" wrote in message
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Try some of the solutions here:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

The files are located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files. I deleted them using Control
Panel/Internet Options and deleted all files, cookies, and off-line content.
I also did a disk cleanup as well. After doing this, I go into my Temporary
Internet Files folder and I don't see anything. I even changed the VIEW for
folders to see if there are any hidden system files or something and nothing
is there. I tried rebooting as well.

But when I right-click on the Temporary Internet Files folder and click
Properties I always see the same numbers (Ex: 29 folders, 32768 files)


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"Iceman" <ismand_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have tried the solutions mentioned here. Still no can do. Maybe
something has been corrupted.

Ok, you may have a damaged TIF folder. Boot into
Safe Mode as administrator, and delete the entire
...."Username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
folder. When you boot back into your profile, the
folder will be recreated as new.


On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:51:19 GMT, in
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Sounds risky as I'm not too familiar with safe mode. I'm using XP
professional and I always log in as the administrator so do i have to do it
in safe mode. I need a walkthrough


"°Mike°" <qp_mike_qp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Yes, you will HAVE to do it in Safe Mode, as the folder
is protected by the system during a normal session.

A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=315222

Just press F8 at startup and choose Safe Mode. Log in
as administrator, and delete that folder.... simple.


On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:20:05 GMT, in
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Speck Tater scrawled:

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As a safety measure what I did was renamed that folder and then rebooted in
the thought that a new Temporary Internet Files folder would be created. It
did not. But I was still able to go into Control Panel and delete all my
Temporary internet files. How does that happen when I had renamed the
folder?


"°Mike°" <qp_mike_qp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Because the TIFs folder is a 'Shell Folder', and the
system keeps track of it. See:
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

You do NOT have to worry about safety measures,
when deleting this folder. Windows will NOT let you
do it in a normal session, and when you delete if from
Safe Mode, it gets recreated when you boot back
into that profile.


On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:47:31 GMT, in
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Speck Tater scrawled:

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OK....I just found something out as I was about to follow your suggestion.
I moved the TIF folder to another directory. When I looked at the contents
of the folder I had about 7 files. Then I decided to Copy/Paste the TIF
folder back to its' original location. What happened was 33,000 files were
being copied back. After the process finished, there was a sub-folder under
the TIF folder called Content.IE5. Under this folder I was able to view the
29 folders and 33,000 files that was showing under Properties. Why wasn't I
able to see it before? Should I still delete now without knowing what the
Content.IE5 is all about?




"°Mike°" <qp_mike_qp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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You haven't been deleting the TIFs correctly,
and you are leading me around in circles; I've
already told you what to do, and I'm not going
to play chase-the-leader.


On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:29:50 GMT, in
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Speck Tater scrawled:

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OK.....I booted into SAFE mode and tried to delete the TIF folder. But I
get the information message saying that the folder is a system folder that
Windows needs to operate. So I cannot delete it.


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