R. C. White said:
Hi, Pedro.
Files in the TIF are supposed to be expendable. If you are sure there are
none that you want to keep (and there should not be), then exit Internet
Explorer, open a "DOS" window and delete the entire TIF folder. Next time
you start IE, it will be rebuilt so quickly you won't notice.
To find out which is your TIF folder, before you close IE, click Tools |
Internet Options... On the first tab (General), the middle section is
Temporary Internet Files. Click Settings... to see another window. In the
middle of this window, you will see the location of your TIF folder; this is
the one that you can get rid of from the "DOS" window. Assuming that your
TIF folder is C:\TIF\Temporary Internet Files\ (It probably isn't, but I've
changed mine and can't recall what the default was), use the Remove
Directory command with the /s switch to remove the entire folder, including
all subfolders and files, like this:
C:\>rd C:\TIF\Temporary Internet Files /s
It should ask, Are you Sure? (unless you also use the /q switch for rd).
Say Yes.
But, as long as you are in the TIF part of IE anyhow, why not just use the
Delete Files... button there on the General tab?
In fact, why not go to the Advanced tab, scroll way down to Security, and
check the box that says to Empty TIF when browser is closed? Especially if
you are using broadband, IE can re-download most pages about as quickly as
it can get them from the cache, anyhow.
The TIF files and folders are special in Windows/IE. They can't easily be
managed using the same tools that we use for other files. It's usually best
to use these special tools built into IE. You might want to check out the
several choices available from IE's Internet Options.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
