Re: What's the story on Content.IE5?

Hi Terry,

Smoke and mirrors.

Content.IE5 does not appear in Widows Explorer, you have to know where it is
and sneak up on it.

>From your screen shot...

%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
which translates to
C:\Documents and Settings\Terry Pinnell\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files
has no subfolders.

What are all of those 107....../ files? Are these from Forte Agent? What
are those icons by the 107 files? Looks like some kind of Notepad. A
notepad replacement maybe?

ETO36HQ9 and GD6Z0LAN are subfolders in Content.IE5.

Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Help and Support and other programs use
Temporary Internet Files for storing temp files. No telling what else was
storing files there. Forte Agent maybe? Was that still open when you
cleaned the TIFs?

%homepath% is an environment variable that is the path to the user's home
directory.

Typing or pasting %homepath% into the Start | Run box opens to the Documents
and Settings folder on whatever drive it is located on and the logged in
user.

I.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Terry Pinnell

%homepath% is also shorter than C:\Documents and Settings\Terry Pinnell
It is certainly shorter than C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel. ;-)

To view:
%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | Click OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
General tab | Settings button | View Files button

Or...

Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Click OK.

To view:
%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5 AND \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program).

Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | Click OK | Highlight Temporary Internet
Files |
View Files button

Or...

Start | Run | Type: %tmp% | Click OK |

You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar.
Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files
Click: [+] Content.IE5
Click: Random named folders
Look at stuff
You can also view Content.MSO

Or...

Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Click OK.
You can also view Content.MSO

Or...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.MSO

Click OK.

Smoke and mirrors.

Create a shortcut to %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:p31rh15e5urqu4vrpplk0bvtgeauh6l7ef@xxxxxxx,
Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>>
>> %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>
>> Click OK.
>
> Thanks, Wesley. Found your recommendation last night, in a post you
> made elsewhere some time ago. In fact that's the only way I've found
> so far of viewing this strange folder.
>
> BTW, puzzled by those (here and elsewhere) who say that viewing TIF
> itself (the standard Explorer folder) will show content of Content.IE5
> too. Not here it doesn't. Should it?
>
> Here's a screenshot showing both Content.IE5 obtained as above, and
> the 'normal' view of TIF:
>
> http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/TIF-Contents1.gif
>
> You can't see, but there are *no* subfolders in the latter. Almost all
> seem to be Cookies. (BTW, why are they too not deleted when you do a
> 'Delete All'?)
>
> Also, ETO36HQ9 just contains one file (an unimportant JPG I haven't
> used for a couple of days) and the other subfolder is empty.
>
> And, to add another aspect of the puzzle, those screenshots were taken
> immediately after opening IE6 and using Tools>Internet Options an
> deleting all files *and* all offline files! (Maybe a reboot is needed
> as a follow-up?)
>
> Before emptying TIF, there were about 8 subfolders; I didn't check all
> their contents, but they were an odd mix of stuff. None of it looked
> worthy of secret hiding!
>
> All very strange..
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK

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