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Hiker Guy

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Slightly confused here, and I am sure this is just a simple setting / config issue.

If I look at the "Temporary Internet File Properties", I currently have 216 files in it, 40 MB. (Just cleaned it).

But....if I access Tools, and "view" the files in the cache, I only see 4 files currently, a couple of cookies and some icons.

So, the files are there, just can't see them.

In Vista, I could easily see all the files, in Win 7, not so much.

Any ideas?
 

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I've noticed this behavior too. I believe it has to do with permissions. IE may be running with lower permissions and not displaying all the files. Running Explorer and browsing to the folder will have less restrictions imposed.

I remember reading an MSDN article about UAC and how different programs (in Windows) are catagorized by risk. Wish I could find it again but maybe another member has some info about this?
 

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Hmm, I can see all of mine.

Did you go into Control Panel/Folder Options - View Tab and tick-mark Show hidden files, folders, and drives?
 

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Kencelot said:
Hmm, I can see all of mine.

Did you go into Control Panel/Folder Options - View Tab and tick-mark Show hidden files, folders, and drives?
Click to expand...

That is fine, I can see hidden folders and files. I only see some of the files, not all of them.

For instance, I saw a movie trailer at http://www.battleforheartsandminds.com and wanted to pull it out of the temp files, and keep it on my desktop as an example of a DSLR video recording. I know it is in my set of files, I just can't see this file.

Got full permissions, still trying to figure it out.
 

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Any thoughts from the gurus?

Should be an easy question, but I am at a temporary loss.

Thx
 

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Are your temp files here?

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files

Did you do an in-place upgrade, or did you do a clean install of 7?
 

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kegobeer said:
Are your temp files here?

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files

Did you do an in-place upgrade, or did you do a clean install of 7?
Click to expand...

Yes, they are there in that folder, and yes, a clean install. I can open that folder, and I see only a fraction of the files there. For instance, I have been websurfing for part of the day (snowing up here...), and I only see about a dozen items in the Temp Internet File folder. Actually, the only thing I see are Icons, two text documents, and one xml document. That just doesn't make sense.

Just saw a video on a website, and it is not shown on here either. Largest file shown in the open Temp Internet File folder is only 9 KB in size.

Yet, click on Properties on the Temp Internet Folder shows 60 MB and 2,000+ files, 7 subfolders.

Color me confused.
 

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Just realized something. Folder options, view tab, uncheck hide protected operating system files. Copy and paste this into the run dialog
Code: 
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
 

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Disk4mat said:
Just realized something. Folder options, view tab, uncheck hide protected operating system files. Copy and paste this into the run dialog
Code: 
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
Click to expand...

Disk4mat, maybe this is part of my problem. I cannot even find the Content.IE5 folder.:confused:

The default path is the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files path.
 

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If you have hide protected os files unchecked it should be visible. Even if it isnt, you can goto ...Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files then add a \content.ie5 into the address bar and enter. You just wont see the dub folders.

In IE under Internet Options, Browsing History, Settings: what is your cache size set to for storing temp files?
 

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Disk4mat said:
If you have hide protected os files unchecked it should be visible. Even if it isnt, you can goto ...Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files then add a \content.ie5 into the address bar and enter. You just wont see the dub folders.

In IE under Internet Options, Browsing History, Settings: what is your cache size set to for storing temp files?
Click to expand...

Cache size is set at 1024 MB (max size). Hide protected os files is unchecked, and when I type "\content.ie5"....no joy. OS says it cannot find it.
 

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ok, I may have found it.

C:\Users\Skipmcc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\old\content.ie5 is there. The "old" part is what has been throwing me.
The only way to bring that up to see it was to move my temp folders somewhere else, which allowed me to look at the folders remaining in the Temp Internet Files structure. Strange.
I do note that my files are not indexed, and that could be an issue as well, maybe not.
 

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How "LOW" can you go???

Hiker Guy said:
Slightly confused here...Any ideas?
Click to expand...

Yea, i've a few, but none of them are very bright.
The 'missing' files are prolly in sub-folders of the path be"LOW"

c:\Users\HikerGuy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\


Why in the heck "Settings" says it stores all of them in...

c:\Users\HikerGuy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\

and then goes ahead and puts them here

c:\Users\HikerGuy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\

is beyond me.


Maybe someone has the answer, i certainly don't.
But I hope this at least helped you find your missing files.

Hanging by a 'thread'
Catherine
 

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