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Removing 300MB of temporary internet files because IE doesn't
Hi,
I'm using IE6 on Windows XP.
In IE, I have set the maximum size for Temporary files to be 200MB and have just pressed "Remove files". The Temporary internet files directory only appears to contain some cookies now, which I haven't deleted. So, everything seems to be OK.
However, I believed that I should have more free disk space by now, so I ran a disk scanning utility (FolderInfo V2.18) and it showed that, although invisible, the Content.IE5 folder within the Temporary internet files directory (C:\Documents & Settings\Luc\Local Settings\Temporary internet files\) still has about 300MB of space used, divided over about 20 subfolders! These are mainly javascipt files, named somewhat similar to "13[5].js", but it also has some .html files and some other file types.
How can I delete these files without destroying anything and why doesn't IE remove them?!
Thanks in advance,
Luc Derckx
I'm using IE6 on Windows XP.
In IE, I have set the maximum size for Temporary files to be 200MB and have just pressed "Remove files". The Temporary internet files directory only appears to contain some cookies now, which I haven't deleted. So, everything seems to be OK.
However, I believed that I should have more free disk space by now, so I ran a disk scanning utility (FolderInfo V2.18) and it showed that, although invisible, the Content.IE5 folder within the Temporary internet files directory (C:\Documents & Settings\Luc\Local Settings\Temporary internet files\) still has about 300MB of space used, divided over about 20 subfolders! These are mainly javascipt files, named somewhat similar to "13[5].js", but it also has some .html files and some other file types.
How can I delete these files without destroying anything and why doesn't IE remove them?!
Thanks in advance,
Luc Derckx
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Luc,
I believe CCleaner will do it:
www.ccleaner.com
Download and install the program.
Start it and under the "Cleaner" section select/tick all options listed and then click the "Run Cleaner" button.
Restart the PC when finished and test.
Zee
I believe CCleaner will do it:
www.ccleaner.com
Download and install the program.
Start it and under the "Cleaner" section select/tick all options listed and then click the "Run Cleaner" button.
Restart the PC when finished and test.
Zee
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War1, Excsmt,
Checking "Delete all offline content" did the trick. I assumed I didn't have to do that, because I never make my favorites available offline, but appearantly, it considers javascript files as offline files.
Ecnsmt, I followed your advice too.
Everyone, thanks for commenting!
Cheers,
Luc Derckx
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Checking "Delete all offline content" did the trick. I assumed I didn't have to do that, because I never make my favorites available offline, but appearantly, it considers javascript files as offline files.
Ecnsmt, I followed your advice too.
Everyone, thanks for commenting!
Cheers,
Luc Derckx
{points increased to 250 and split}
Luc,
You should consider using CCleaner, even if you found the solution for your problem elsewhere.
It does help with your privacy and includes the (in)famous index.dat files cleanup.
Cheers,
Zee
How can you delete them? With Explorer! Just open those folders, for secure look for the files older than "yesterday", and delete all of them!
Why doesn't IE erases them?... I also would like to know!
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