Hi Robert
I've noticed that every now and then I will have new folders in my
content.ie5 folder. When I delete them, they come back. I would like
to know why do more folders get added and is there a way to decrease
the amount of folders so it's faster for me to clean out?
Perhaps the following will help:
Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
The temporary I.E. files folder is a cache for web pages that you have
visited. I don't know why Microsoft sets the default so high, but I have
seen 2gb set for storage. This and other setting can be changed to decrease
the size of the storage area, and supposedly delete the I.E. temp file when
you close the browser.
The Cache
http://sweb.uky.edu/~wvang00/sayre/cache.htm
Temporary Internet Files / Cache
http://www.desilva.biz/misc/iecache.html?s=d8d31b07730bc3e8353b5a2246b41f93
or..
Courtesy of Alex Nichol -
Temporary means Temporary. Ones in the regular TEMP environmental
variable folders can be cleaned out as soon as the program that uses
them exits. It is advisable not to do this automatically at the
'autoexec' level, because some software installs leave some files
there for use when the system reboots. But I have a 'clean it up'
batch file that I run in the registry HKLM Run key
Ones in Temp Files are only needed should you be likely to go back to
the page. In Internet Options - Settings button I suggest cutting the
space allowed down - say 50 MB is plenty - and leave it to its own
devices.
TIF and Cookies are in quite separate physical folders.
But in XP if you open TIF either direct in Explorer or via the TIF
Settings button - 'view files' in Internet Options, the contents of
Cookies is included. They are not deleted though if you use the
'Delete files' in Internet Options - there is a separate Delete
Cookies button.
(Aside - the above Delete Files and Delete Cookies buttons are also in
the IE6 and IE SP1 on the Tools | Internet Options | General tab)
and ...
Wesley Vogel -
When you empty the Temporary Internet Files folder in Internet
Explorer, files that start with the word "Cookie" may remain in the
folder.
These files are pointers to the actual cookies that are located in
the Windows\Cookies folder. To retain the association between these
pointers and the actual cookie files, they are not deleted when you
empty the Temporary Internet Files folder. However, if you manually
delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet Files folder, both
the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie file located in the
Cookies folder are deleted.
also.......
Sandi Hardmeier
This may help explain...
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#Cache
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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