Re: temporary Internet Files that will not delete
From: Ferron (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/13/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:21:54 -0800
One way in which I have been successful in deleting files
in which you are refering to is to logon in safe-mode,
then delete the files in those directories. I have had
good luck with this method and everything deletes with
no "dooo"'s
>-----Original Message-----
>That's happened to me as well. I am using an XP system
that that is
>occuring on. I originally attributed it to a bug in
Windows Explorer.
>Windows Explorer has many many bugs it seems, because I
can
>use Search to find a bunch of hidden files that are not
visible when
>I go into the Internet Options or when I use Windows
Explorer to
>navigate to the IE Temporary Internet Files. I tend to
find these
>files when I switch my logon name.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated, specifically in
getting rid
>of these annoying things like when I use Windows Explorer
to view
>the Fonts folder and other folders. I'm thinking someone
at Microsoft
>will come back and say this is "By Design". If it is,
please publish that
>fact when the OS is installed, because I'd really not
like to deal with
>DLLCache, Temp IE files that don't disappear and things
that don't
>look right when I try to use Windows Explorer to browse XP
>systems.
>
>--
>Jim Carlock
>http://www.microcosmotalk.com/
>Post replies to the newsgroup.
>
>
>"keith" <kmitchell@SPAMsabis.net> wrote in message
>news:MuSWb.878$Lo1.667@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
>Hello All,
> I am not to concerned about this problem but I was
going through my
>Local Settings\Temporary Internet Folders and deleting
all of the files with
>in the folders. Initially, all was going well.
Everything was deleting and
>it would prompt me to delete the desktop.ini file and
everything. Somehow,
>as I was trying to move ahead faster I managed to use a
hot-key combination
>that selected all of the files and then tried to open
them. This,
>naturally, caused all kinds of performance issues and I
had to reboot my
>machine. Once the machine came back I saw that all of
the sub-folders
>within Temporary Internet Folders had been deleted and
what was left was a
>smattering of various stuff left behind. I then tried to
delete those files
>and nothing happens. I select one, press delete and my
pc makes a "dooo"
>sound and nothing happens. These are just .gif's
and .jpg's as well as a
>few other misc files. Does anyone have any idea why this
is? Could I be
>dealing with some type of virus or Trojan?
> Also, when I attempt to open one of these gif's I am
given an Internet
>Explorer box that asks me "Running a system command on
this item might be
>unsafe. Do you wish to continue?" Its a .gif file. Why
the sudden concern
>about safety?
>
>Thanks for your help in advance. I look forward to your
responses.
>
>
>Keith
>
>
>
>.
>
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