Annoying Persistant Error Message

Question

Whenever signing into MSN/Windows Live Messenger, I get this error about a corrupt file:

The file or directory/Documents and Settings/Stephanie Cascio/Local Settings/temporaryinternetfiles/Content.IE5/

There's a whole bunch of numbers and letters after it and apparently it is a jpg file. It also says it is corrupt and unreadable and to run chkdsk utility. Any suggestions on what to do and what the problem is?

I also ran an anti-spyware and deleted all cookies/temporary internet files. I ran an error check on the whole C Drive and yet the error still comes up. I'm very frustrated because I'm not sure what else I can do to try to fix it.

Message Edited by S.C on 07-13-2007 11:57 AM

mombodog · Answer

Clean out your temporary Internet files.   http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm

S.C · Answer

I had a Dell Representative remotely try to fix the problem. They had uninstalled MSN Explorer and reinstalled it, but to no avail. I believe they had deleted all the temporary internet files already though.

mombodog · Answer

Humor me and do the procedure anyway.

S.C · Answer

Ah, thank you. It did work and I will empty the temporary internet files folder on the daily basis in hopes of it never happening again.

mombodog · Answer

You can set it to do that for you, open IE and go to      tools/internet options/advanced tab,   scroll down and tick the box ' empty temp internet files folder when browser is closed'  hit OK.

S.C · Answer

I had already done that, actually. Thanks again, you were a great help.

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Annoying Persistant Error Message

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