Re: Where does IE6 hold partially downloaded mpeg files in XP

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 04:06:45 -0600

Most welcome, Burt and thank you! 

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Happy Holidays,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
"Burt" <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote in message 
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> Thanx Kelly and you and yours have a wonderful Holiday Season.
> Burt
>
> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message 
> news:%23xtQ4l$5EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Merry Christmas, Burt and good luck!
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>>> Really?   Alt-T,O,Alt-S,V   opens an Explorer Window
>>> with a special view of the  TIF and Cookies.
>>
>> This has never worked.  More details needed, please.
>>
>> -- 
>> Happy Holidays,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>
>>
>> "Burt" <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote in message 
>> news:O%23$0ld$5EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Robert,
>>>    WOW, thanks for the update on getting into those folders..  Sometime 
>>> around last February, we had a thread here a mile long as I said and 
>>> there were some sharp heads posting to it namely, Wes Vogel, David 
>>> Candy, Kelly and some others and nobody came up with this information.. 
>>> Maybe back then nobody knew?  I am going to persue this and have a 
>>> look... Very interesting..
>>> Thanks again and a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season to ALL.
>>> -- 
>>> Burt
>>> The Old Alaskan
>>> MVP's listed on TECKPAGE
>>> http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog
>>> http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:uuNZKB55EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Burt" <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:ufpq89z5EHA.272@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Kane,
>>>>>    I went thru this a long time ago with a thread on here that was a 
>>>>> mile long
>>>>> and I got the same answer... XP seems won't let you into TIF/Content 
>>>>> IE5 and
>>>>> it's subfolders... You can get in, but nothing shows..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Really?   Alt-T,O,Alt-S,V   opens an Explorer Window
>>>> with a special view of the  TIF and Cookies.
>>>> Note that it is a  _special view_  of  *both*  folders,
>>>> not a normal Explorer view of a directory.
>>>> I think that it relies on the the URLs which are saved
>>>> in those directories   index.dat  files to list the objects it does.
>>>>
>>>> The view is a bit confusing because it lists the  Cookies,
>>>> which are totally unrelated to the TIF,  but it leaves the root folder 
>>>> name
>>>> of the TIF  in the Address bar.   The latter is handy because if you 
>>>> add
>>>> \Content.IE5\   to it  (and perhaps wait a bit) you will find that
>>>> AutoComplete for Web Addresses will show you the actual contents
>>>> of the TIF subdirectory and you can drill down to the actual files 
>>>> using that.
>>>> You can see filenames that way which the  TIF viewer won't show you.
>>>> Consequently files which were downloaded into the TIF
>>>> but which don't have URLs associated with them could be seen this way 
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise Windows Explorer will not expose the implementation
>>>> of the TIF.   The more conventional way to see it is via a command
>>>> window, e.g. using  dir/s  etc.   I still find it helpful to start off 
>>>> from the
>>>> TIF viewer though because I can copy the full pathname out of the
>>>> Address bar, switch to a command window and append it
>>>> (e.g. using right-click, Paste) onto this partial command:    cd  /d
>>>> (Note the trailing space after the  /d  switch.  <g>)
>>>>
>>>> However, if a file was non-cacheable or otherwise copyright
>>>> protected I'm not sure you would find it even that way.
>>>> I would use  FileMon  to see where writes were
>>>> happening to find out for sure where it might be found.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Robert  Aldwinckle
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I never got the resolve out
>>>>> of the same problem you are talking about, but what I gave you is the 
>>>>> best I know
>>>>> about it.
>>>>> Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>>>>> Burt        The Old Alaskan
>>>>>
>>>>> "Kane's son" <noreply@mail.thx> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:um1cICy5EHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Burt wrote:
>>>>>>> Kane,
>>>>>>>     In XP, when you are in IE, click Tools/Internet Options and then
>>>>>>> click on the SETTINGS button, then click on the VIEW FILES button on
>>>>>>> the resulting window and you will find them there... In XP, you 
>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>> find them where you were looking...  Supposedly a security deal.
>>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Kane's son" <noreply@mail.thx> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:%23X6sAgm5EHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> In W98 when I used IE6 to download an mpeg before it was fully
>>>>>>>> loaded and placed in the download directory it used to hold the
>>>>>>>> partially downloaded file in the ~windows\TIF directory which
>>>>>>>> allowed me to go copy this part file during the download and play 
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> and so see if it was the clip I intended before I wasted time
>>>>>>>> downloading the entire file. This seems not to
>>>>>>>> be the case with WinXP home (namely ~doc and settings\ user\ local
>>>>>>>> settings\
>>>>>>>> TIF). Where does IE6 hold part downloaded mpeg files in XP prior to
>>>>>>>> moving them to the specified download directory when the download
>>>>>>>> completes. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Burt but 'View Files' just opens where I was looking. To 
>>>>>> access
>>>>>> partially downloaded files it is necessary to add \content.ie5 in 
>>>>>> explorer
>>>>>> to view the hidden files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
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