Re: hidden files and directories
- From: pop <poppy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:57:16 -0500
Okay, for those of you who might care...
to give an example, I went looking for one of those random named hidden folders under my user and in
Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5
I picked a file in the folder (ari-nana-6[1].wmv) and used the
Windows XP search tool to find it, looking for hidden files.
Nope, Could not find it.
It should also be noted that I often use the Internet Options to Clear Files. These hidden files never get cleared. None of the cleanup tools clear them.
Here is a listing of the whole folder:
Volume Serial Number is D611-26DF
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\xxxxx\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.
01/20/2007 10:55 AM 21,608 ari-nana-6[1].wmv
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 44 au_bg_rightmiddle[1].gif
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 821 au_bg_righttop[1].gif
01/15/2007 07:06 PM 2,669 BadMoonRising[1].mid
01/12/2005 07:25 PM 3,159 Common[1].js
06/26/2006 07:55 AM 3,159 Common[2].js
06/26/2006 09:15 AM 5,231 Common[3].js
03/08/2007 11:17 AM 57,342 common[5].js
06/26/2006 09:15 AM 2,151 Constants[1].js
03/08/2007 11:13 AM 2,079 coUAprint[1].css
03/08/2007 11:15 AM 310 fwd[1].gif
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 1,332 hcp[1].css
03/08/2007 11:16 AM 7,221 Help[1].htm
01/12/2005 07:25 PM 8,192 locale[1].js
02/03/2005 08:09 AM 8,192 locale[2].js
03/08/2007 11:14 AM 4,403 mapfs[1].js
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 947 ms_logo[1].gif
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 56 news_bg_leftbottom[1].gif
03/08/2007 11:17 AM 28 pl[1].htm
06/26/2006 09:16 AM 5,373 shared[10].css
02/03/2005 08:09 AM 5,401 shared[1].css
06/26/2006 07:55 AM 8,192 shared[1].xml
06/02/2005 06:32 AM 5,401 shared[2].css
08/14/2005 02:15 PM 5,373 shared[3].css
06/26/2006 07:55 AM 5,373 shared[4].css
06/26/2006 07:55 AM 5,373 shared[5].css
06/26/2006 07:55 AM 5,373 shared[6].css
06/26/2006 09:15 AM 5,373 shared[7].css
06/26/2006 09:15 AM 5,373 shared[8].css
06/26/2006 09:15 AM 5,373 shared[9].css
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 2,832 spupdateids[1].js
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 2,241 tgar[1].js
03/08/2007 11:12 AM 2,241 tgar[2].js
33 File(s) 198,236 bytes
0 Dir(s) 1,794,486,272 bytes free
C:\Documents and Settings\clackey\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\JVQVM5MR>
Pop again.
pop wrote:
That does not work for me. It does not find content.ie5 under my profile under the hidden "Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files" file..
There is a LOT of stuff hidden very well under that path. You can't see it ever from a command prompt... but if something has happened to expose the name of the randomly named folders, then you can, with some difficulty, delete them.
Adware/Spyware often hides in those folders. Some virus/ spyware scanning tools find them, but can't delete them because the process is active. That report exposes the names. Then I can handle them with great difficulty, but that's another story. Windows Defender seems to handle them.
Pop
Dave Bolt wrote:You will find that for the active profile you have to add the content.ie5 bit to the address manually in the path c:\documents and settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\
It has worked this way on all the XP systems I remember seeing.
This works because Windows Explorer supports Microsoft's strategy for hiding these directories. The tools you mentioned work with directory data at a lower level.
HTH
Dave
"cannon66" <cannon66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8C0DE962-35A9-429E-9673-6FBE6ED3E50A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRecently I have been unable to see any directories and files below "Temporary
Internet Files". These are those directories like"content.e510" . This
occured when I was cleaning out cookies, history, temp files, etc. Windows
Explorer can see those files directly under the Temporart Inernet Files
directory but not any of the sub-directories. Neither can Symentic Works.
Yet it will scan all directories and below. I have selected "display hidden
files" in Explorer options. My word processor can see those files if I
attemp to select one to open.
Previously I had been able to view all files with no problem and assume some
setting has been changed that I am unaware of.
This is Windows-XP Home Edition.
Cannon66
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