Unable to Delete Temporary Internet Files Content.IE5 folder

15 Apr 2009 3:31 AM

DaffyD®

I'm using IE6 SP1 because my OS is W2K SP4. I keep getting error messages
when trying to delete each subfolder within the Content.IE5 folder that a
specified file can't be found. It used to be simple to delete this folder
when I was running Windows 98SE. How do I delete the Content.IE5 folder so
that Windows can rebuild a new one?

Also, the TIF folder is located in the Temp folder and I'm not sure how it
was moved there. Is this the default for W2K?

15 Apr 2009 5:44 AM

Pegasus [MVP]

"DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm using IE6 SP1 because my OS is W2K SP4. I keep getting error messages
> when trying to delete each subfolder within the Content.IE5 folder that a
> specified file can't be found. It used to be simple to delete this folder
> when I was running Windows 98SE. How do I delete the Content.IE5 folder so
> that Windows can rebuild a new one?
>
> Also, the TIF folder is located in the Temp folder and I'm not sure how it
> was moved there. Is this the default for W2K?
>

Reboot in Safe Mode, then delete the whole folder.
To relocate it, click Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History/Move Folder.

17 Apr 2009 3:31 AM

DaffyD®

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"Pegasus [MVP]" <n***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uqevaqXvJHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > I'm using IE6 SP1 because my OS is W2K SP4. I keep getting error
messages
> > when trying to delete each subfolder within the Content.IE5 folder that
a
> > specified file can't be found. It used to be simple to delete this
folder
> > when I was running Windows 98SE. How do I delete the Content.IE5 folder
so
> > that Windows can rebuild a new one?
> >
> > Also, the TIF folder is located in the Temp folder and I'm not sure how
it
> > was moved there. Is this the default for W2K?
> >
>
> Reboot in Safe Mode, then delete the whole folder.
> To relocate it, click Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History/Move Folder.
>
> I wasn't able to delete the folder in Safe Mode. I received the same

error messages. Can I go into MS-DOS mode with Windows 2000? Or is there
another way to handle this?

17 Apr 2009 5:33 AM

Pegasus [MVP]

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"DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus [MVP]" <n***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:uqevaqXvJHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > I'm using IE6 SP1 because my OS is W2K SP4. I keep getting error
> messages
>> > when trying to delete each subfolder within the Content.IE5 folder that
> a
>> > specified file can't be found. It used to be simple to delete this
> folder
>> > when I was running Windows 98SE. How do I delete the Content.IE5 folder
> so
>> > that Windows can rebuild a new one?
>> >
>> > Also, the TIF folder is located in the Temp folder and I'm not sure how
> it
>> > was moved there. Is this the default for W2K?
>> >
>>
>> Reboot in Safe Mode, then delete the whole folder.
>> To relocate it, click Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History/Move
>> Folder.
>>
>> I wasn't able to delete the folder in Safe Mode. I received the same
> error messages. Can I go into MS-DOS mode with Windows 2000? Or is there
> another way to handle this?
>

If your system partition uses the FAT32 file system then you can boot the
machine with a Win98 boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com in order to delete
the file. If it uses the NTFS file system then you could boot it with a Bart
PE boot CD to delete the file.

17 Apr 2009 8:22 AM

letterman

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:33:16 +0200, "Pegasus [MVP]"
<n***@microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>If your system partition uses the FAT32 file system then you can boot the
>machine with a Win98 boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com in order to delete
>the file. If it uses the NTFS file system then you could boot it with a Bart
>PE boot CD to delete the file.
>

What is a Bart PE boot CD? Where does someone get one?

17 Apr 2009 8:52 AM

Pegasus [MVP]

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> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:33:16 +0200, "Pegasus [MVP]"
> <n***@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>If your system partition uses the FAT32 file system then you can boot the
>>machine with a Win98 boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com in order to
>>delete
>>the file. If it uses the NTFS file system then you could boot it with a
>>Bart
>>PE boot CD to delete the file.
>>
>
> What is a Bart PE boot CD? Where does someone get one?

Google is your friend. Type the words

Bart PE boot CD

into a Google search box and you will see!

17 Apr 2009 11:56 AM

John John (MVP)

letter***@invalid.com wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:33:16 +0200, "Pegasus [MVP]"
> <n***@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> If your system partition uses the FAT32 file system then you can boot the
>> machine with a Win98 boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com in order to delete
>> the file. If it uses the NTFS file system then you could boot it with a Bart
>> PE boot CD to delete the file.
>>
>
> What is a Bart PE boot CD? Where does someone get one?

You might find it to be a bit of a daunting task to build a PE disk, you
can download one that is already built here: http://www.ubcd4win.com/

When you build a PE disk it contains what *you* want, you will decide
what to put on it. The one available at UBCD4Win is an all purpose PE disk.

John

18 Apr 2009 3:42 AM

DaffyD®

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> "DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Pegasus [MVP]" <n***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> >>
> >> "DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:uqevaqXvJHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > I'm using IE6 SP1 because my OS is W2K SP4. I keep getting error
> > messages
> >> > when trying to delete each subfolder within the Content.IE5 folder
that
> > a
> >> > specified file can't be found. It used to be simple to delete this
> > folder
> >> > when I was running Windows 98SE. How do I delete the Content.IE5
folder
> > so
> >> > that Windows can rebuild a new one?
> >> >
> >> > Also, the TIF folder is located in the Temp folder and I'm not sure
how
> > it
> >> > was moved there. Is this the default for W2K?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Reboot in Safe Mode, then delete the whole folder.
> >> To relocate it, click Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History/Move
> >> Folder.
> >>
> >> I wasn't able to delete the folder in Safe Mode. I received the same
> > error messages. Can I go into MS-DOS mode with Windows 2000? Or is
there
> > another way to handle this?
> >
>
> If your system partition uses the FAT32 file system then you can boot the
> machine with a Win98 boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com in order to
delete
> the file. If it uses the NTFS file system then you could boot it with a
Bart
> PE boot CD to delete the file.
>
> I went to Bart's website and it looks like the software is only for
Windows XP.

18 Apr 2009 5:27 AM

Pegasus [MVP]

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> "Pegasus [MVP]" <n***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> "DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > "Pegasus [MVP]" <n***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> >>
>> >> "DaffyD®" <daf***@woohoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:uqevaqXvJHA.5708@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> > I'm using IE6 SP1 because my OS is W2K SP4. I keep getting error
>> > messages
>> >> > when trying to delete each subfolder within the Content.IE5 folder
> that
>> > a
>> >> > specified file can't be found. It used to be simple to delete this
>> > folder
>> >> > when I was running Windows 98SE. How do I delete the Content.IE5
> folder
>> > so
>> >> > that Windows can rebuild a new one?
>> >> >
>> >> > Also, the TIF folder is located in the Temp folder and I'm not sure
> how
>> > it
>> >> > was moved there. Is this the default for W2K?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Reboot in Safe Mode, then delete the whole folder.
>> >> To relocate it, click Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History/Move
>> >> Folder.
>> >>
>> >> I wasn't able to delete the folder in Safe Mode. I received the same
>> > error messages. Can I go into MS-DOS mode with Windows 2000? Or is
> there
>> > another way to handle this?
>> >
>>
>> If your system partition uses the FAT32 file system then you can boot the
>> machine with a Win98 boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com in order to
> delete
>> the file. If it uses the NTFS file system then you could boot it with a
> Bart
>> PE boot CD to delete the file.
>>
>> I went to Bart's website and it looks like the software is only for
> Windows XP.

You need a WinXP Professional CD to create a Bart PE boot CD. With this CD
you can boot any PC, regardless of its OS, and gain full access to all
flavours of FAT and NTFS file systems. You can also edit the registry of all
WinNT-based OSs.