I have some data in the Temporary Internet Files Folder that I need. What I am looking for is the information that shows up in the browser listing the web addresses for the objects and date last accessed. The problem occurred while I was looking at the data, I tried to view as thumbnail (Win98 SE and IE5.0) through the checkbox in the properties. Nothing happened. So I unchecked the box and left for a few hours. When I came back and restarted IE, another content.ie5 files was created along with a new index.dat and desktop.ini all under the Temporary Internet Files folder. I can still see the old content.ie5, index.dat and desktop.ini file through DOS. I can see the files in content.ie5 and they show the date last accessed but I believe the web address info is stored in index.dat. So can anyone tell me how to re-establish the old content.ie5 files so I can use WinExplore to view the web address and date last accessed? I am attempting right now to boot into DOS and manipulate the directories manually. I spent 3 hours with Microsoft on the phone. I guess it is time to turn to the real experts.
Thank in advance for comments.
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copy the old index.dat to a different folder, and open it in notepad
you can also try and copy it over in dos (boot to dos, not a dos window)
rename the new one to index.old
and then copy the index.dat file from one tot he other (you will probably had=ve to change the attributes of both from hidden and system)
If you can get your hands on DOS 6.22 disks, then you can use the Extract command to acquire the Undelete executable.
The syntax is shown below, but you will have to use SETVER to inform your version table that this file is version 6.22 and make sure it's in C:\Windows\Command, or whatever your DOS directory is, for it to work from the command line.
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The data is still intact. I have been able to access the data. My main goal is to rebuild the Temporary Internet Files after it has built another repository. I am able to do a dir /v /as and see the file names, date created and date accessed. What is not happening is setting up the index.dat file to list the internet address with the other directory information. When you look at the Windows Explorer window for the Temporary Internet Files folder, there are many pieces of information in that window. That is what I am trying to achieve with an old content.ie5.
I have no problem seeing or getting DIR information so UNDELETE is not needed. I can view the index.dat file but it is of no help to look at it individually. As I have seen on many web pages. "This is by design" is associated to Temporary Internet Files. I believe it needs some type of tool to link the index.dat and content.ie5 in addition to the desktop.ini hidden system file. This information is stored in the registry.
What attributes are showing against the contents of the folder, in particular "index.dat"? Are the files hidden?
The registry key which specifies the exact location of MY temporary Internet files in Windows98SE using Internet Explorer 5.01 is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
where you will find 3 or more String Values designated by a white icon with a small red "ab" on it. These will probably be named something like "Cache", "Favorites" and "Personal". The Favorites would normally have a data value shown against it as C:\Windows\Favorites, whilst My Documents for me is on my D:\ partition and is D:\My Documents.
The Cache entry is the one you are interested in and will probably show the value C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files.
If you check the sub-key above "User Shell Folders" you will see one entitles "Shell Folders" which holds details about where all the other known windows system folders are.
This is a suggestion only and you do so at your own risk. You should take a backup of this registry key so you can restore it letter for letter if it fails.
Delete the "Cache" entry in both of the keys above and it should also delete the corresponding entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar
Now shut down and boot to DOS where you could remove the hidden attribute on the multiple files you want to restore.
Delete the contents of the folder "Temporary Internet Files".
Copy the contents of the previous directory you want to restore into "Temporary Internet Files" folder.
Boot back to Windows and see if they are now visible and restore the Registry String values which you deleted above.
As I said above, this is just a suggestion, if you have doubts or are unsure, get this validated first.
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by: sysandprogPosted on 2003-02-11 at 10:23:03ID: 7927518
As you probably know by now, Windows 98 uses an indirect addressing scheme, such that things are not always located at the indicated address. You might try going into DOS and doing a search with...
DIR /s
However, you really need to look for content rather than directory names. If what you want has been overwritten, you are out of luck. Also, each time you start Windows there is increasing probability that the data will be overwritten by something else.
There used to be a DOS version of Norton Disk Doctor that might help in locating content. It can be set to "look, but don't touch".