cache file not wanted

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George

I need to go to a web site and get a text file. The file is updated several
times a day. I want to go to the site in XP Pro IE6 SP1 and do a "Save".
When I get the file it is always an older version of the file. If I go there
using W2K Pro IE 5 I get the latest version. If I do a FTP get I also get
the latest version.
What's going on? Why am I getting an old version of the file?

George
 
George said:
I need to go to a web site and get a text file. The file is updated
several times a day. I want to go to the site in XP Pro IE6 SP1 and
do a "Save". When I get the file it is always an older version of the
file. If I go there using W2K Pro IE 5 I get the latest version. If I
do a FTP get I also get the latest version.
What's going on? Why am I getting an old version of the file?

George
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Hold down the Ctrl key while you press F5.

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Frank:
Hold down the Ctrl key while you press F5.
Click to expand...

Is that different than clicking Refresh? If so, how?
I recently read the same advice somewhere else.

George:
If a lot of your work with IE requires you to be sure
you're getting the latest, don't play with the devil.
Change your Internet Options/General/Settings... so each
page
accessed is viewed fresh. If you notice this slows you
down, well, that's probably your QA that IE isn't going
to the disk cache.

Cheers,
Ken
 
the other Ken said:
Frank:

Is that different than clicking Refresh? If so, how?
I recently read the same advice somewhere else.

George:
If a lot of your work with IE requires you to be sure
you're getting the latest, don't play with the devil.
Change your Internet Options/General/Settings... so each
page
accessed is viewed fresh. If you notice this slows you
down, well, that's probably your QA that IE isn't going
to the disk cache.

Cheers,
Ken
Click to expand...

It's the same as Ctrl-Refresh
On a plain Refresh IE checks the dates on the files on the Web and if they
are the same it loads from cache. Ctrl-Refesh forces it to download again
even if the dates are the same.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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Ah, Now I remember where I read it: in the shortcuts help.
Thanks, Frank.

So many degrees of refresh!

The Ctrl-Refresh function contrasts with this elsewhere in
the help:
"If you ... want to make sure you have the latest version
of the page, click the Refresh button." The same idea is
conveyed by the top radio button in General/Settings,
where it checks for latest version. It's as if "latest"
version might not be "current" version. I suppose it can
get screwed up since no two clocks are exactly the same.

Cheers,
Ken
 
I already tried that - didn't work. General > Settings > Check for newer
versions of stored pages Every visit to the page. Also I note - if I delete
the page completely off the server - IE still shows me the page!! I tried
clearing History also but no good.

George
 
Thanks - I remembered hearing some key combo but couldn't recall. Actually
the link is in a .htm page, I want to save the file without actually opening
the page as such. Just right click and do "save target as" - works great if
only I could get the fresh page. Even weirder - if I FTP delete the page -
my browser still shows the non-existent page!! Does not happen on a Win98
IE5.5 SP2 pc, not on a W2K Pro IE5.5 SP1 pc - just XP Pro IE6 SP1.

George
 
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