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Huge amount of hard drive space being taken up by Temprorary Internet Files folder in windows 7 can't delete them

I have a machine running win 7 enterprise. I see that there's about 7+ GB of data in this folder:

C:\Users\Kitchen\AppData\Local\temporary internet files.

I have hidden files turned on and show system files turned on and still don't see content.ie5, a folder I've seen often in other Temp internet files folder but if I type

C:\Users\Kitchen\AppData\Local\temporary internet files\content.ie5

there's a bunch of folders in there. I delete them and still don't free up the 7+ GB of really hidden files / folders.

I log in as another user and go to

C:\Users\Kitchen\AppData\Local

and temp internet files looks like a shortcut now but the type is file folder. Can't go in it, can't see where it redirects to and can't delete it. but somehow it has 7+ GB.

anyone know why ingeneral content.ie5 is a super hidden folder - if I didn't know to type it I woulnd't see it and why is there still 7+GB that disk cleanup, ccleaner and anything else I tried doesn't free up that space?

thanks!

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I wound up creating a new user, booting into safe mode and then poking around. Wound up finding the 7 GB in this folder and being able to delete it;

C:\Users\Kitchen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Virtualized\C\Users\Kitchen\AppData\Local\FLVService

OK, so the xp location for temp internet files would have been docs & settings\user\local settings\temp internet files.

now it's C:\Users\Kitchen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files ?
and appdata\local\temp internet files is just a shortcut to the microsoft\windows folder? I hate how they movedthings around.

and what's with 'virtualized' folder?!