"Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Wolf Halton wrote:
>>
>> 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).
>
> A good rule of thumb is to only erase files prior to the current date.
>
> Temp files are frequently used in the current session, and erasing them,
> if possible, could lead to problems.
>
> Notan

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