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Absolutely, as I found out the hard way at least one of the times I did
it! Although I think I had it covered,...
4. In "Browse for Folder" requestor:
a. Click plus to left of C:
b. Highlight "Windows"
c. Click OK
....it doesn't hurt to stress it. It was really an ugly sight to see
TIF's inside TIF's!
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u1WnMpaqFHA.3672@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| Note that when you change the Temporary Internet Files location, you
want to
| select the *parent* folder where you want "Temporary Internet Files"
to be
| created. Example:
|
| Point to C:\Windows and the following will be created upon restarting
IE:
| C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files.
|
| Point to C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files and the following will be
| created:
| C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Temporary Internet Files\
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|
|
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:OE2kCDaqFHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > Yea, as Terhune says, delete any that is not the current TIF folder.
I
| > had THREE of them once...!...
| >
| > (1) C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
| > (2) C:\Windows\Temp\Temporary Internet Files
| > (3) C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
| >
| > Could be, when you upgraded IE, you chose to be able to revert back.
I
| > guess, if you do, you get ancient TIFs along with your previous IE.
| > Well, here is what I did...
| >
| > (a) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Settings button"
| > Where does it say Temporary Internet Files are located?
| > That is the REAL & current one.
| > (b) "START, Find, F/F".
| > (c) Enter "Tempor~1" (no quotes) in "Named".
| > (d) Click the "Advanced" button, & use the dropdown to select
| > "Folder".
| > (e) Then click the "Find Now" button.
| > If you have more than one "Temporary Internet Files" folder,
you
| > may delete the one's that are not current.
| >
| > Then, if TIFs are not where you want them, here's how to move it to
| > "C:\Windows\"...
| >
| > 1. Close all open windows, except Internet Properties if still open.
| > 2. "Control Panel, Internet Options, Settings button"
| > 3. Click "Move Folder"
| > 4. In "Browse for Folder" requestor:
| > a. Click plus to left of C:
| > b. Highlight "Windows"
| > c. Click OK
| > 5. It will ask; give it permission to re-boot
| >
| > After this, if you already had a set in the destination folder, it
may
| > not have been wiped completely. Therefore...
| >
| > "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, check 'Delete
all
| > offline content', OK, Apply, OK". May as well click to clear
"History"
| > while there.
| >
| > Now, TIFs are where you want them, and all is well with the world.
| > Better check on it now/then, though, as mine have snuck back to
| > "C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings" twice-- probably after taking an IE
| > Cumulative at Windows Update,-- although the later ones haven't done
| > that.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| > pcrrcp@netzero.net
| > "itaintmebabe" <itaintme_babe@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
| > news:%23kHPuESqFHA.2960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| > | itaintmebabe wrote:
| > |
| > | > Gary S. Terhune wrote:
| > | >
| > | >> Is that really the path to that folder?
| > | >> C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
| > | >>
| > | >> Or is it:
| > | >> C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 (notice the
lack of
| > | >> TEMP\.)
| > | >>
| > | > The first. The second does not exist in the C:\WINDOWS\Temporary
| > | > Internet Files folder. -emf
| > |
| > | Correction: In the Windows Explorer I see that there is also the
| > second
| > | file; starting from My Computer > C:\ etc. you cannot see it; this
one
| > | contains only 2 files. In that case, are *both* Content.IE5
necessary?
| > | The referenced documents seem to refer to the second, though the 4
| > | files with the peculiar names are in the first... -emf
| >
| >
|
|
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