Re: temporary internet files

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Hi John,

Thanks for the response. I'll be keeping my eye on that one. I've been using this method on several 1000 Windows based units over my various sites for as long as I can remember now. If there's a chance it's not doing it's job it could cause me some problems.

Thanks,

Mr C.

John Barnett MVP laid this down on his screen :
Hi Mr C,

Actually it was brought to my attention by a user who visited my website. He emailed me with all the details, saying that the option had never worked in an version of IE. Being a little sceptical i decided to try it myself and, yes, he was right, after deleting all of my temporary internet files using the delet at browser close option, i rechecked the TIP folder and lo and behold every TIP was still there. I also tried the same thing with IE 7.0 and, again, at the time of my testing, the TIP files still remained. I notified Microsoft and, after a short interval, got a reply back to say that they had passed the problem on to the developers for correction. I have to admit i haven't tried it since in IE 7.0, so i can'y say whether the problem has been corrected.

Maybe you happened to be one of the lucky ones where it does work. Microsoft certainly would refer the problem to the developers if they ahdn't found the problem existed too.


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"Mr C" <mr_chaotix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mn.72f57d65ba9a201a.54346@xxxxxxxxxxxx
John Barnett MVP wrote :
You can limit the amount of space taken up by temporary internet files. Once that space limit has been filled older temporary internet files will be removed to allow more space.

Personally i remove temporary internet files every day. Now there is an option in Internet Options to clear temporary internet files on browser close down. Currently this doesn't work, so is not much use to anyone.

As Rick says you can delete them using the delete files button in Internet Options. However, i prefer to use a freeware application called CCleaner (www.ccleaner.com). This not only clear temporary internet files, but also history, website you've visited recently (mru's), recycle bin, cookies and a host of other files including the index.dat files which store information even after you have deleted the original files. You can clean the system manually or do as i do set it to clean on login.

You should be aware that if you use online banking facilities any online banking cookies are likely to be deleted during the clean up process. To prevent this happenning you just need to tell CCleaner what cookies to keep. This can be done from the Options>Cookies menu.

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"brunetto" <brunetto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:96015E09-3CD5-4570-B0B4-37F951AA9A69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hello,

how important are the temporary internet files?
I understand that they can eventually take up too much space causing slower
performance.
Can they be deleted?
If so, how often?

Thank You

John,

I would like to know where you got the information regarding 'Delete TIF when browser is closed' not working. I've used this method for years and the only files you'll find in my TIF folder are cookies (which I delete manually when needed) and favicons. Do you have a link or something I can go read please?

Thanks,

Mr C.




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