Open a Windows Explorer window and go to Tools (in Win xp), Folder
Options, View. Scroll down to the section Hidden Files and Folders.
Mark the Show Hidden Files and Folders. While there, also unmark the
two Hide boxes so that you can see everything. Now do a search for one
of the files that you can see in the temp folder when trying to open.
When you have found this, note the path and use the Windows explorer to
navigate to that same path. You should be able to see the files that
you want to get rid of now. One question, is there a small arrow in the
bottom corner indicating a shortcut ? (Just a side question as it may be
that these are just orphaned shortcuts to previous documents)
Keith
Bram wrote:
They're definitely not being deleted because when I open a new
attachment in Word, go to "Save AS" , then even though the normal
setting for save is "My Documents" it doesn't open there but it comes
up with these temp folders which are full of past documents, going
back a long time.
I think you're right that there are some hidden spaces but how to
access them???
Bram
Keith Thompson wrote:
If they are temp, then its possible that they are being deleted when
the program is closed. Also, are the settings for all files and all
extensions. If it is not, then there may be some hidden work spaces
that you will not be able to see with the default folder views.
Keith
Bram wrote:
Hi Keith.
I appreciate the suggestions on improving the computer!!
However that doesn't answer the questions which wee : where do these
particular temp folders disappear to ??? Why can't I access them to
delete the temp files??
Bram
Keith Thompson wrote:
Yes, she is running out of memory, both hard drive and ram. 20 gig
with only 256 ram means that the swap file has to be rather large
when working on something like Word (a very large memory hog).
More memory would definately help and a larger hard drive would
also. With SP2, there has to be lots of self generated backups and
restores. All of this takes space.
Keith
Bram wrote:
Hi.
A client has a Pentium3 600 with 256MB and a 20GB hard drive
running XP Pro.with SP2
If she opens a Word attachment it seems to be saved in a temporary
folder under C:\Profiles\Admin.COMPUTER\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IE5.
As she has a lot of these attachments the temp file is getting
very large but there is no way to delete it!!
If I go to the address it doesn't exist. If I do a search nothing
is found. If I clear the files through Internet Options, they're
still there! The folder is getting larger and larger but can only
be seen when I open the attachment to Word, then do "save As'.
This brings up the save box containing all these temp files.
Anyone any suggestions?
Thanks
Bram
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