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folders and files not displayed in Windows Explorer
I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open
C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Smoke and mirrors. ;-)
You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab | scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files | View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Thanks for the reply Wesley. I tried everything on your list except the
"smoke and mirrors", but did not find the answer I was looking for. Delete wasn't what I wanted to do. Someone emailed me "filename.xls" as an email attachment. I double-clicked it. When it asked me if I wanted to open it, I said yes. I saw that I needed to add a lot more info on to the spreadsheet, so I did. Then I did a save as, but forgot to notice the save path. So I did a windows search, including advanced options, show hidden and system files. The search turned up NO files. Then I reopened my email, double clicked on filename.xls, it opened and was indeed my revised file. I did a save as, and the path was: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV Then I went to Windows Explorer and scrolled to C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. There were no subfolders. It showed 81 files and no folders. If I RIGHT CLICK on C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and hit properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders and I'll bet one of those 916 is my "filename.xls". I just don't understand why I can save an Excel file and then not be able to find it either in Windows Explorer(with show hidden and system files/folders) or with Windows Search(advanced options, show hidden and system files/folders). I realize I should have saved it before I modified it, but since I didn't, I didn't want to do all that typing over. But XP sure made it hard for me. Al "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Smoke and mirrors. ;-) You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab | scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files | View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Al,
The smoke and mirrors can be elusive. LOL Paste the following into the Start | Run box C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV and click OK. Or paste just C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 click OK and navigate to O9EJKPUV. Move your filename.xls somewhere more accessible. === Do a search for *.xls. The asterisk is a wild card. As long as all the advanced search options are checked Search will list all the .xls files on your machine. === HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn To display Hidden files and folders Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | View tab Check: Display the contents of system folders Show hidden files and folders UNCheck: Hide protected operating system files Apply | OK [[Hidden files and folders will appear dimmed to indicate they are not typical items.]] === I use searchadvancedoptions.vbs so I don't have to check the advanced options every time I use Search. Go here http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm Scroll down to Search - Advanced Options (Set as Default) -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: Thanks for the reply Wesley. I tried everything on your list except the "smoke and mirrors", but did not find the answer I was looking for. Delete wasn't what I wanted to do. Someone emailed me "filename.xls" as an email attachment. I double-clicked it. When it asked me if I wanted to open it, I said yes. I saw that I needed to add a lot more info on to the spreadsheet, so I did. Then I did a save as, but forgot to notice the save path. So I did a windows search, including advanced options, show hidden and system files. The search turned up NO files. Then I reopened my email, double clicked on filename.xls, it opened and was indeed my revised file. I did a save as, and the path was: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV Then I went to Windows Explorer and scrolled to C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. There were no subfolders. It showed 81 files and no folders. If I RIGHT CLICK on C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and hit properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders and I'll bet one of those 916 is my "filename.xls". I just don't understand why I can save an Excel file and then not be able to find it either in Windows Explorer(with show hidden and system files/folders) or with Windows Search(advanced options, show hidden and system files/folders). I realize I should have saved it before I modified it, but since I didn't, I didn't want to do all that typing over. But XP sure made it hard for me. Al "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Smoke and mirrors. ;-) You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Under: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IE5 Yes. Under: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files No. -- Happy New Year, Kelly (MS-MVP) Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Al, The smoke and mirrors can be elusive. LOL Paste the following into the Start | Run box C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV and click OK. Or paste just C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 click OK and navigate to O9EJKPUV. Move your filename.xls somewhere more accessible. === Do a search for *.xls. The asterisk is a wild card. As long as all the advanced search options are checked Search will list all the .xls files on your machine. === HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn To display Hidden files and folders Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | View tab Check: Display the contents of system folders Show hidden files and folders UNCheck: Hide protected operating system files Apply | OK [[Hidden files and folders will appear dimmed to indicate they are not typical items.]] === I use searchadvancedoptions.vbs so I don't have to check the advanced options every time I use Search. Go here http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm Scroll down to Search - Advanced Options (Set as Default) -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: Thanks for the reply Wesley. I tried everything on your list except the "smoke and mirrors", but did not find the answer I was looking for. Delete wasn't what I wanted to do. Someone emailed me "filename.xls" as an email attachment. I double-clicked it. When it asked me if I wanted to open it, I said yes. I saw that I needed to add a lot more info on to the spreadsheet, so I did. Then I did a save as, but forgot to notice the save path. So I did a windows search, including advanced options, show hidden and system files. The search turned up NO files. Then I reopened my email, double clicked on filename.xls, it opened and was indeed my revised file. I did a save as, and the path was: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV Then I went to Windows Explorer and scrolled to C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. There were no subfolders. It showed 81 files and no folders. If I RIGHT CLICK on C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and hit properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders and I'll bet one of those 916 is my "filename.xls". I just don't understand why I can save an Excel file and then not be able to find it either in Windows Explorer(with show hidden and system files/folders) or with Windows Search(advanced options, show hidden and system files/folders). I realize I should have saved it before I modified it, but since I didn't, I didn't want to do all that typing over. But XP sure made it hard for me. Al "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Smoke and mirrors. ;-) You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Thanks for the help, guys. I tried to duplicate the problem and got
different, more logical results. I suspect I didn't do what I said I did. Thanks again, Al. Intel Inside - Idiot Outside "Al Clark" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Wesley. I tried everything on your list except the "smoke and mirrors", but did not find the answer I was looking for. Delete wasn't what I wanted to do. Someone emailed me "filename.xls" as an email attachment. I double-clicked it. When it asked me if I wanted to open it, I said yes. I saw that I needed to add a lot more info on to the spreadsheet, so I did. Then I did a save as, but forgot to notice the save path. So I did a windows search, including advanced options, show hidden and system files. The search turned up NO files. Then I reopened my email, double clicked on filename.xls, it opened and was indeed my revised file. I did a save as, and the path was: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV Then I went to Windows Explorer and scrolled to C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. There were no subfolders. It showed 81 files and no folders. If I RIGHT CLICK on C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and hit properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders and I'll bet one of those 916 is my "filename.xls". I just don't understand why I can save an Excel file and then not be able to find it either in Windows Explorer(with show hidden and system files/folders) or with Windows Search(advanced options, show hidden and system files/folders). I realize I should have saved it before I modified it, but since I didn't, I didn't want to do all that typing over. But XP sure made it hard for me. Al "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Smoke and mirrors. ;-) You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab | scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files | View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Oops.
I really did mean to say, paste C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Kelly hunted and pecked: Under: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Yes. Under: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files No. -- Happy New Year, Kelly (MS-MVP) Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Al, The smoke and mirrors can be elusive. LOL Paste the following into the Start | Run box C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV and click OK. Or paste just C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 click OK and navigate to O9EJKPUV. Move your filename.xls somewhere more accessible. === Do a search for *.xls. The asterisk is a wild card. As long as all the advanced search options are checked Search will list all the .xls files on your machine. === HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn To display Hidden files and folders Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | View tab Check: Display the contents of system folders Show hidden files and folders UNCheck: Hide protected operating system files Apply | OK [[Hidden files and folders will appear dimmed to indicate they are not typical items.]] === I use searchadvancedoptions.vbs so I don't have to check the advanced options every time I use Search. Go here http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm Scroll down to Search - Advanced Options (Set as Default) -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: Thanks for the reply Wesley. I tried everything on your list except the "smoke and mirrors", but did not find the answer I was looking for. Delete wasn't what I wanted to do. Someone emailed me "filename.xls" as an email attachment. I double-clicked it. When it asked me if I wanted to open it, I said yes. I saw that I needed to add a lot more info on to the spreadsheet, so I did. Then I did a save as, but forgot to notice the save path. So I did a windows search, including advanced options, show hidden and system files. The search turned up NO files. Then I reopened my email, double clicked on filename.xls, it opened and was indeed my revised file. I did a save as, and the path was: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV Then I went to Windows Explorer and scrolled to C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. There were no subfolders. It showed 81 files and no folders. If I RIGHT CLICK on C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and hit properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders and I'll bet one of those 916 is my "filename.xls". I just don't understand why I can save an Excel file and then not be able to find it either in Windows Explorer(with show hidden and system files/folders) or with Windows Search(advanced options, show hidden and system files/folders). I realize I should have saved it before I modified it, but since I didn't, I didn't want to do all that typing over. But XP sure made it hard for me. Al "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Smoke and mirrors. ;-) You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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As pointed out by Kelly, there is no such path as C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files It's probably C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 or C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Content.IE5 C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Content.IE5 C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Content.IE5 C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\Content.IE5 C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Content.IE5 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: Thanks for the help, guys. I tried to duplicate the problem and got different, more logical results. I suspect I didn't do what I said I did. Thanks again, Al. Intel Inside - Idiot Outside "Al Clark" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Wesley. I tried everything on your list except the "smoke and mirrors", but did not find the answer I was looking for. Delete wasn't what I wanted to do. Someone emailed me "filename.xls" as an email attachment. I double-clicked it. When it asked me if I wanted to open it, I said yes. I saw that I needed to add a lot more info on to the spreadsheet, so I did. Then I did a save as, but forgot to notice the save path. So I did a windows search, including advanced options, show hidden and system files. The search turned up NO files. Then I reopened my email, double clicked on filename.xls, it opened and was indeed my revised file. I did a save as, and the path was: C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O9EJKPUV Then I went to Windows Explorer and scrolled to C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. There were no subfolders. It showed 81 files and no folders. If I RIGHT CLICK on C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and hit properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders and I'll bet one of those 916 is my "filename.xls". I just don't understand why I can save an Excel file and then not be able to find it either in Windows Explorer(with show hidden and system files/folders) or with Windows Search(advanced options, show hidden and system files/folders). I realize I should have saved it before I modified it, but since I didn't, I didn't want to do all that typing over. But XP sure made it hard for me. Al "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Smoke and mirrors. ;-) You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents. To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files... 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially if there are a large number of files. 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files 3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive. ----- If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders. === Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302347 To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files | View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Note: Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 I don't know why you can view the Content.IE5 folder with Disk Cleanup but it won't clean the folder. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Al Clark hunted and pecked: I have "Folder Options" set to show system and hidden files, yet when I open C:\Windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, Windows Explorer shows 81 objects and no folders. If I right click on Temporary Internet Files, properties, it says it contains 916 files and 5 folders. How can I see the missing files and folders? Al |
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Thanks a million. The Command "Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK |" worked for me.
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Glad to hear it. :-)
Gee, from Jan 2. http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8883e7eaa b37 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , jrscandles hunted and pecked: Thanks a million. The Command "Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK |" worked for me. Jim S Wesley Vogel Wrote: Smoke and mirrors. ;-) Some Temporary Internet Files are hidden. Like Content.IE5 and Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program). Obviously Your Name Here needs to be changed to the appropriate name. HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP http://tinyurl.com/8tagm To display hidden files and folders http://tinyurl.com/4lxxn From XP HELP: To display hidden files and folders [[Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders]] To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop. Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. General tab | Settings button | View Files button To view: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | OK | Highlight Temporary Internet Files | View Files button Or... Start | Run | Type: %TEMP% | OK | You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar. Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files Click: [+] Content.IE5 Click: Random named folders View You can also view Content.MSO Or Paste into the Start | Run box. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 -- jrscandles |
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