Re: hidden files and directories

OK, it works for me on literally hundreds of machines.
First you have to make sure that all the options for hidden files being
shown are enabled. In other words you need to go to Tools|Folder Options and
select the View tab. Display content of system folders should be ticked.
Show hidden files and folders should be selected. (As far as I am concerned,
Hide extension for known file types should never be ticked). Hide protected
operating system files should be un-ticked.
You will still need to type in the Content.ie5 part of the path to view the
folders in Windows Explorer, but after that all the sub-folders should be
visible.
And the Search feature of Windows uses Windows Explorer which I have already
mentioned is set up to not show these folders so it also will not easily
search them either.
Incidentally, if you log on as another user who also has administrative
privileges, and your profile is not obscured from them, you can use Windows
Explorer quite easily to brows the Internet cache folders.
Regards
Dave
"pop" <poppy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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
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Recently 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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