Show I.E. hidden files

This is where my I.E. temp files are.
Explorer will not show any files or directories even though they are present.

Is there anyway to get explorer to show them ?

Even using attrib won't show them.

C:\TEMP\Temporary Internet Files

From: "Andy"

This is where my I.E. temp files are.
Explorer will not show any files or directories even though they are
present.

Is there anyway to get explorer to show them ?

Even using attrib won't show them.

C:\TEMP\Temporary Internet Files

You have do use a different account than you are logged in as.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Andy wrote:
This is where my I.E. temp files are.
Explorer will not show any files or directories even though they are present.

Is there anyway to get explorer to show them ?

Even using attrib won't show them.

C:\TEMP\Temporary Internet Files

That is likely belong to the SYSTEM account, not your account.
You'll need to change the security setting for that folder to give your
account a read access.

You need to look where your "Temporary Internet Files" folder is set to :
open the "Internet Properties" control panel extension; and under the
"General" (tab), then in the middle section (Temporary Internet Files)
press the "Settings" button... In the dialog box that appears, you have a
button option to "View files" - this option opens explorer and takes you to
your "Temporary Internet Files" folder where you can view an "index" of
files recently used by IE.

This could be where your problem lies; the "Temporary Internet Files"
folder, when viewed in Windows Explorer, will only show this "index" (also
listing columns such as: "Expires") and not the actual "real" content of
the folder; in other words, viewed this way, it will not show the
sub-folder structure : "..\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\*" - So,
if you navigate to "this" "Temporary Internet Files" folder, then edit in
the address bar, adding [appending] it with: "Content.IE5" (without
"double-quotes"), then you *should* see between 4 and 16 sub-folders, each
with randomly-generated, 8-character names, within the "Content.IE5"
folder, that is, itself, within the "Temporary Internet Files" folder...

You may have better luck navigating to the files you want, with a [cmd.exe]
command-prompt. Use the [[cd] [directory]] command, and the [dir /a]
command, to navigate to where your files are listed - then, type: the
following, at the prompt, exactly;

explorer.exe /e, .

....(including the last "period"), to open an explorer window at the folder
you're [currently] in.

*N.B. The sub-folder "Content.IE5" is, by default, set hidden, system -
but won't show-up in explorer anyway - even if you do use the "attrib"
command on it, because of the code contained within the [desktop.ini] file
held in it's parent directory; "Temporary Internet Files". This is the
reason that it displays the actual temporary files in "index" form (two
other instances of this being how files are viewed in Explorer, are in the
"Fonts" folder and the "Downloaded Program Files" folder), rather than
seeing the objects listed as themselves, as elsewhere using Explorer

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Andy" wrote in message
...
This is where my I.E. temp files are.
Explorer will not show any files or directories even though they are
present.

Is there anyway to get explorer to show them ?

Even using attrib won't show them.

C:\TEMP\Temporary Internet Files

On Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:47:49 PM UTC-5, Tim Meddick wrote:
You need to look where your "Temporary Internet Files" folder is set to :

open the "Internet Properties" control panel extension; and under the

"General" (tab), then in the middle section (Temporary Internet Files)

press the "Settings" button... In the dialog box that appears, you have a

button option to "View files" - this option opens explorer and takes you to

your "Temporary Internet Files" folder where you can view an "index" of

files recently used by IE.



This could be where your problem lies; the "Temporary Internet Files"

folder, when viewed in Windows Explorer, will only show this "index" (also

listing columns such as: "Expires") and not the actual "real" content of

the folder; in other words, viewed this way, it will not show the

sub-folder structure : "..\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\*" - So,

if you navigate to "this" "Temporary Internet Files" folder, then edit in

the address bar, adding [appending] it with: "Content.IE5" (without

"double-quotes"), then you *should* see between 4 and 16 sub-folders, each

with randomly-generated, 8-character names, within the "Content.IE5"

folder, that is, itself, within the "Temporary Internet Files" folder...



You may have better luck navigating to the files you want, with a [cmd.exe]

command-prompt. Use the [[cd] [directory]] command, and the [dir /a]

command, to navigate to where your files are listed - then, type: the

following, at the prompt, exactly;



explorer.exe /e, .



...(including the last "period"), to open an explorer window at the folder

you're [currently] in.



*N.B. The sub-folder "Content.IE5" is, by default, set hidden, system -

but won't show-up in explorer anyway - even if you do use the "attrib"

command on it, because of the code contained within the [desktop.ini] file

held in it's parent directory; "Temporary Internet Files". This is the

reason that it displays the actual temporary files in "index" form (two

other instances of this being how files are viewed in Explorer, are in the

"Fonts" folder and the "Downloaded Program Files" folder), rather than

seeing the objects listed as themselves, as elsewhere using Explorer



==



Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)









"Andy" wrote in message

...

This is where my I.E. temp files are.

Explorer will not show any files or directories even though they are

present.



Is there anyway to get explorer to show them ?



Even using attrib won't show them.



C:\TEMP\Temporary Internet Files

Thanks.

I deleted desktop.ini and made a dummy one with read only attribute.

Now explorer shows everything.

Andy

So glad you got the point, and was able to make use of it...

Glad to be of [some] help!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Andy" wrote in message
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On Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:47:49 PM UTC-5, Tim Meddick wrote:
You need to look where your "Temporary Internet Files" folder is set to
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Thanks.

I deleted desktop.ini and made a dummy one with read only attribute.

Now explorer shows everything.

Andy