Vern:
I covered this in a reply to cookies a short while ago.
This applies to win9x but I think it can be tried on other
versions of windows.
Your problem is that you have not deleted the index.dat file
in the content.ie5 folder. While you have deleted the
Internet temp files regularly, they are still recorded in the
index.dat file. Each new temp file is added to the index
until it becomes hugh. Did you indicate 1 Gb?
Windows explorer looks at the index.dat
file and presents you with the names of all the temporary
internet files you have ever looked at. These are just names,
the files could have been deleted long ago.
If the index file is deleted, a new one will be generated the
next time windows is booted. Unfortunately when windows
is active, the index.dat file is active and access to that file
is denied. You have to boot your computer to the DOS
prompt and then go to the content.ie5 folder and
delete the index.dat file. Also delete the four subfolders
and their contents at the same time. They will all be
generated the next time windows it booted.
I am including my reply to the cookie problem below so
you can follow it to remove both the cookie index and the
internet index files.
Wally
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:42:49 -0400
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Cookie Copying
Mike:
You have run into the strange way that windows handles
cookies. They are kept as files in the cookie folder and can
be deleted and copied with any file utility. In this same
folder is an index.dat file which lists the cookies that have
been saved in the cookie folder even after they have been
deleted. This index file will keep growing with more additions
until it is deleted. It is a record of some of the sites the computer
has visited. It is an active file when windows is active and cannot
be accessed or deleted from windows. If you boot to DOS
mode and go to the Cookies folder you can delete this file.
Windows will generate a new file containing only the cookie
files present when windows is booted. There will be no record
of the previous visits.
The index.dat file under Temporary Internet File is handled
differently. Using a file utility it shows as a file that cannot
be viewed or accessed while windows is active. When viewed
under Windows Explorer, all the indexed data in the file
are listed, including all sites that have been visited and the
cookies that were placed in the cookie folder. If not
deleted this file can become huge. It can be deleted the same
as the one in the cookie folder. A new index.dat file will be
generated when Windows is next booted. Remember to use
dir /a so that the hidden directories and files will show.
This should prevent snoopers from finding out where you
have been on the Internet.
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:43:05 -0700 "Vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm attempting to delete the Internet Temp files. They appear to be
> gone.
> The folder now says there are 335 files in it. When I run AVG it
> takes over
> an hour to go through the Internet Temp folder. Has gone over 1 gig
> of space
> so far and still going.
>
> The path in AVG is the same path I'm using in Explorer. What is
> going on?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vern
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