Temporary Internet Files v. Temp

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The "Hidden" option in the properties tab of the Temporary Internet Files
folder is greyed. But the one on the Temp folder is clickable. How can I
un-grey the first?

Thanks for any input.

Tim
 
Tim said:
The "Hidden" option in the properties tab of the Temporary Internet
Files folder is greyed. But the one on the Temp folder is clickable.
How can I un-grey the first?

Thanks for any input.

Tim
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Tim Walters said:
The "Hidden" option in the properties tab of the Temporary Internet Files
folder is greyed. But the one on the Temp folder is clickable. How can I
un-grey the first?
Click to expand...

Temporary Internet Files normally has the System attribute set. This
causes the folder to be hidden as well, and is not changable through the
GUI interface. To change it, you'll have to open a command window and use
the Attrib command, something like this:

attrib -s "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"

Doing so will change the way Windows Explorer display the TIF folder, so
you'll probably want to restore the attribute when you're done. Just
reaplce "-s" with "+s" in the same command. If you don't restore the
arrtibute, Windows will eventually do so.
 
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