Re: Blank message bodies ... more

From: Kenny M (nobody_at_nospam.nowhere)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:41:28 +1100

Robert,

Thanks for the explanation. I followed both the suggested methods, Command
Prompt and Explorer Address Bar, but now I'm really confused.
First, the Command Prompt results:

-----------------------------------------------
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd /d C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files>dir/ad/s
/p
 Volume in drive C is HP_PAVILION
 Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX [hidden by me]

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files

10/11/2003 05:13 PM <DIR> .
10/11/2003 05:13 PM <DIR> ..
11/03/2004 11:18 AM <DIR> Content.IE5
               0 File(s) 0 bytes

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files\Content.IE5

11/03/2004 11:18 AM <DIR> .
11/03/2004 11:18 AM <DIR> ..
12/03/2004 08:06 PM <DIR> 6Z01UFMR
12/03/2004 07:41 PM <DIR> EL2B21QV
12/03/2004 07:41 PM <DIR> SXMVWXE7
12/03/2004 07:41 PM <DIR> WXUBK92V
               0 File(s) 0 bytes
-----------------------------------------------

So, the Content.IE5 is really there, but it doesn't show in the Explorer
view. I have "Show hidden files and folders" checked and "Hide protected
operating system files" unchecked. I'm sure I used to be able to see it,
and I can still see it for User Accounts other than "Owner". I have been
using both IE > Tools > Internet Options > General > Delete Files, and Disk
Cleanup, to clear the TIF. Questions, if you've got the patience:

1) Do you know why the Content.IE5 icon disappeared?
2) Were you saying that Explorer only ever sees pseudo-folders?

TIA.

"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
news:%23Rl2hqsBEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
"Kenny M" <nobody@nospam.nowhere> wrote in message
news:eRZdptmBEHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Robert,
>
> Thanks for your response. The message below is from the
> "microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain" NG:
>
> "patricia ann shepherd" <printer> wrote in message
> news:4F840F26-7BD7-440F-BF28-1436F9115B7A@microsoft.com...

See previous subthread for discussion about this particular message
and why it is blank. This subthread will be a bit more tutorial on using
the TIF.

...
> Cleared the TIF, found the file, Right Click > Properties shows the name
> as:
>
> view-source:mhtml:mid://00000211/
>
> BTW, there isn't a Content.IE5 in my TIF, but I'd swear there used to be.
> Am I supposed to have it still ???

It's still there but you have to realize that as it is part of the
implementation
of the TIF "pseudo" folder it won't be shown to you unless you force
it to be shown.

For example, in your Explorer window's Address bar right now
(i.e., after Settings... View Files...) you have the path to the TIF.
What the View of the pseudo folder is showing you is a combination
of information from the index.dat and the files contained in the other
subfolders. Append \Content.IE5\ to that path and you should see
AutoComplete showing you the index.dat and the other subdirectories.
(It takes a few seconds to show up and you probably need to set Folder
Options View to "Show hidden files and folders" to see all of it since,
e.g., desktop.ini is normally marked hidden.)

More conventionally you can see it using a command window.
Before switching from the Explorer window copy the path
to the TIF to clipboard (Alt-d,Ctrl-c). Switch to your command window
and build the chdir command to the TIF by typing in the command line:
    cd /d
(Don't hit Enter yet and be aware that there is at least one trailing space
after that switch.) Paste the path after it (Alt-Space,E,P) and press
Enter.

So now you can see the Content.IE5 subfolder with
    dir/ad
or if you want to see the rest
    dir/ad/s/p
(I'm suggesting the pause option so you can press Ctrl-c to cancel
the useless second level recursion after the Content.IE5 subdirectories
have been listed.)

You could have done your search for your filename from there.
E.g.
    dir/s 00000211
would have shown you what subdirectory it was in.

Then (what I was hinting at in my reply to Len) you could go back
to the Explorer view of the TIF and drill right down to that subfolder
and file. Then IE would render it perhaps better than OE would.
However, as we have seen your file was empty and Len's wasn't
the HTML source that we were expecting. ;o

HTH

Robert 

---
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
> news:e8%23PFefBEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > There is the occasional NG post which shows on my OE
> > > with a blank message body.
> >
> > Please post the Message-ID of any news message which gives you
> > the symptom.
> >
> > What are your Fonts... and International settings...
> > Have you tried experimenting with different fonts?
> >
> > Also font related:
> >
> > See  if   Ctrl-F2  lets you see anything and if not what is in the file
> > that that command creates.   BTW the same file can be found in the TIF
> > and then rendered by IE; so that could be a useful comparison too.
> >
> > See if   View, Text Size, Fixed  lets you see anything.
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > "Kenny M" <nobody@nospam.nowhere> wrote in message
> > news:eDFMqrYBEHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I don't know whether this is relevant to all the other posts
concerning
> > > blank/empty message bodies, but FWIW ...
> > >
> > > There is the occasional NG post which shows on my OE with a blank
> message
> > > body.
> > > In each case the message appears to have been encoded as:
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8"
> > > and the OE Active Title Bar, which usually shows {Subject}, shows
> instead:
> > > {Subject} - Unicode (UTF-8)
> > >
> > > Do you think this might be related to the other blank message body
> > > problems, and if not, is there some way to fix this on my machine? I
> can
> > > see all my e-mail and 99% of NG posts.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

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