Jack Underwood wrote:
> Jim Seavey wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't know if this is appropriate for this list or not.
>>
>> How can I remove ALL of the temp files that IE creates? I have tried to
>> do so in safe mode and I am denied - I get a message telling me that
>> the files are in use.
>>
>> What to do?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
> In IE, Tools>Internet Options>Temporary Internet Files (about halfway
> down) and click Delete Files. Hope that solves it.

Unless IE has changed a bunch, it won't get rid of all the files.

On the other topic, having any files in the temp directory that cannot
be removed in safe mode sounds like it is attached to a critical core
service or something. What version of windows are you running?

I have found situations where certain third-party software appears to
put Temporary Internet Files in alternative locations. My teenager has
been downloading all sorts of cr//.. I mean "important music files"..
and her downloader seems to put itself in a pretty emminent position on
the PC she uses. There is a gif in her
/Docum1~/profile/Local1~/Tempor1~/ directory with all sorts of
attributes that cannot be deleted even in safe mode. That machine is
running W2K.. I have been researching it in a leisurely fashion, but
there is nothing out there on the phenomenon (so far).

Wolf