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January 5th, 2004 17:00
Lost disk space -
My "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\" directory is showing that it is taking up over 3.6GB of disk space. The settings for temproary file space on disk is set to 124MB, and I have gone through and deleted every file in that directory as well as used IE to remove all offline content and temp files, and it is still showing 3.6GB being used by this directory. The properties show that there are 2 directories and 4 files left in the directory, but I cannot see them either through windows or DOS. I have rebooted several times and changed the temp file space allocation, but no luck.
Anyone have any thoughts as to what could be happening?
Thanks
JRosenfeld
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January 5th, 2004 19:00
To see the hidden files in your Temporary Internet Files folder, run disk cleanup. When it has scanned, highlight Temporary Internet Files (even if it shows 0), click view files. That opens the hidden folders and you can see what is there. The index.dat file can grow very large as it keeps a record of all websites visited. You cannot delete that file from within Windows. However, there is a nifty little program (free) called Spider that will reduce it to its original 32KB (and expunge the record of where you've been). Index.dat will then grow again as you visit sites. The index.dat file is not included in the size limit you set for Temporary internet files, nor counted by disk cleanup.
There are also subfolders that you can inspect. Usually a few files remain in those. Do not delete files called desktop.ini but I think it is safe to delete the others.
For Spider,
http://www.fsm.nl/ward/
Although it does not say so it works well in XP. Download the zip and extract to any suitable folder. It does not install as such, nor add things to the registry or to add/remove. To 'uninstall' just delete the files. To run the program, doubleclick on Spider.exe. As the index.dat files in XP are not all in c:\Windows and subfolders (as they are in W98), click on the poreferences button, select complete hard drive, select remove the hidden URLs (and any other items you like); then click the start search button. When it has finished, click the cleanup button. Then you have to restart your PC.
Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 01-05-2004 09:44 PM
hgohel
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January 6th, 2004 03:00
jtkaler
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January 6th, 2004 17:00
Perfect, thanks... I was able to find the file - had some difficulty deleting it, but got it done.
Thanks again