Content.IE5 folder missing.
Ray
The subfolder called 'Content.IE5' is missing from my Temporary Internet
Files folder.
I have tried copying the folder from the other users folder but it will not
allow me to.
How do I get the folder back please?
Thanks
Wesley Vogel
it has been deleted.
Anything beyond Local Settings is Hidden.
Paste this in Start | Run, click OK and see what opens...
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
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the 'Temporary Internet Files' folder.
However when I use the 'Run' program with your command line, the folder
appears on screen in it's own window. It has 4 subfolders with numbers and
letters as names and a 'index.dat' file.
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Ray
I have just noticed 2 new folder in Local Settings.
They are 'Networkservice' and 'Localservice'. I have never seen these
folders before. They both have the temp internet folder that I have lost.
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Wesley Vogel
You cannot get to Content.IE5 folder by using Windows Explorer, you have to
sneak up on it.
Here's an easier way (at least you can remember what to type)...
Start | Run | Type: %tmp% | Click OK |
You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar.
Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files
Click: [+] Content.IE5
Click: Random named folders
Smoke and mirrors.
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Default Local Disk Folders
Folder Name: Documents and Settings
Contents: Account information for each user who is granted access on the
computer. Each user account is represented by a subfolder assigned the
user name. Folders under each user account folder include My Documents,
Desktop, and Start Menu.
These include:
Documents and Settings\Administrator
Documents and Settings\All Users
Documents and Settings\Default User
Documents and Settings\LocalService
Documents and Settings\NetworkService
Documents and Settings\You
Some of the above are Hidden folders.
These are System folders and shouldn't be deleted.
Administrator is for the Administrator account.
All Users is used for many things. Your Desktop and Start Menu, for
example, display what is in All Users *and* what is in your Desktop and
Start Menu folders.
Default User is used when creating new accounts.
I am not really sure what LocalService & NetworkService are for, but...
LocalService is the NT Authority\Local Service user account, the Windows XP
System account.
Obviously, NetworkService has something to do with networks, the
NetworkService account.
The LocalService and NetworkService accounts perform things like synchronize
the time, etc.
All of the following should have content.IE5 folders.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
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files and folders in the window did not include Content.IE5.
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Wesley Vogel
If you feel the need, create a shortcut to Content.IE5
Start | Run | Paste the line and click OK...
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
Click the Folders icon to show the tree view | Right click the Content.IE5
folder |
Send To | Desktop (create shortcut) | Move the shortcut where ever you like.
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beamish
in my account, all other accounts do have such a sub folder. In my account
there is the "Temporary Internet Files" and no sub folders. There is a
seperate folder called "user data" that has four sub folders and index.dat
file. The sub folders are empty.
Using WindowsXP Home SP2 with all current updates.
Any way to set up this account like all others on my unit?
take care
beamish
Wesley Vogel
You have the Content.IE5 folder whether you can see it or not.
Even if the Content.IE5 folder gets deleted, it jests gets recreated.
Try one of these methods to view the Content.IE5 folder.
To view:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5
Start | Run | Type: cleanmgr | Click OK | Highlight Temporary Internet
Files | Click the View Files button
Or...
Start | Run | Type: %tmp% | Click OK |
You will probably have to click the Folders button on the Tool Bar.
Click: [+] Temporary Internet Files
Click: [+] Content.IE5
Click: Random named folders
Or...
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
Click OK.
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You do not have to *see* the Content.IE5 folder to delete its contents.
To delete *all* of your Temporary Internet Files...
1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | Click OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop
Or Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed. Especially
if there are a large number of files. Also close OE.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
AND
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program)}
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the
temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that
websites have placed on your hard drive.
6) You can also click on the Clear History button to empty your History
folder.
If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder
when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you
want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders.
Also: Start IE | Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Days to keep
pages in history: 0 | Apply | OK.
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Content.IE5 folders, which is the usual question raised, Wes's
suggestions will work fine. But if you're trying to view the contents
of these folders, I've posted suggestions (and questions) at a few
different topic threads that ought to be of help to you. These are
listed here in chronological order of posting. Please respond here if
any of these links seem to help -- I'm really curious to know whether
my experience with my own setup is or is not generally applicable, or
reflects some sort of unique situation -- thanks.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/8aa54dbc5bd5f257
(you can ignore the hilarity caused by my use of "Alice" and "Bob" to
designate User1 and User2)
beamish
Have 2?'s. Anyone know the reason for the different set-up?
Part of my last post is the following:
There is a seperate folder called "user data" that has four sub folders and
a index.dat file. It is set-up like the "content ie5 folder", located in my
account and no other accounts, anyone know the reason for this folder?
Wesley Vogel
Which isn't very much.
%userprofile%\UserData seems to have something to do with Internet Explorer.
Windows Update, for one, places files in %userprofile%\UserData folders.
Files similar to this: WindowsUpdate[#].xml
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ is another that adds *.xml files to the UserData
folders.
The %userprofile%\UserData\index.dat says it's the Client UrlCache.
Typically, the UserData folder contains four random named subfolders.
If you delete the four random named folders and the index.dat, they will
just get recreated.
Apparently the four random named folders get their names from
%userprofile%\UserData\index.dat.
You cannot save your Personalize Windows Update settings
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;836914
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\5.0\Cache\Extensible Cache\UserData
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Value 0
Name: CachePath
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Data: %USERPROFILE%\UserData
Value 1
Name: CachePrefix
Type: REG_SZ
Data: UserData
Value 2
Name: CacheLimit
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x3e8 (3e8 is a hex value that equals 1000 in decimal, probably KB)
Value 3
Name: CacheOptions
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x8
Value 4
Name: CacheRepair
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x0
Not much, huh?
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>> 3) Check the box  Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
beamish
Have a little different type of information concerning this item. Found that
if the xml file is in the last folder (fourth) then Windows creates another
four folders. At least on my unit I found 12 folders, all with a xml file in
the last folder of a set of four.
I removed the last eight folders.
When the next update (security) occurs I will check on the Userdata Folders.
take care and once again thank you.
beamish
Wesley Vogel
The Windows Updates are out already today.
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C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P.
Vogel\UserData\6LBP50HA\oWindowsUpdate[1].xml
It looks really important too.
Here are the contents.
<ROOTSTUB />
Whoop de doo! ;-)
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UserData records are very similar to cookies. Just like the cookies they are
used by some Web sites to store information about you on your computer and
are privacy threat because they can contain sensitive information like your
name and password for web mailboxes, password-protected sites, etc.
The primary difference between cookies and UserData records is that the
stored information in UserData records can be much larger (up to 128 KB per
record). UserData records are stored in yet another Index.dat file in a
hidden Windows directory. Only Internet Explorer 5 and later support
UserData records.]]
http://www.milincorporated.com/milshield2faq.html#UserData
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beamish
Will incorporate into my maintenance routine.
I use index.dat removal suite.
take care
beamish
Wesley Vogel
Do you mean Index.dat Suite? If so, open Index.dat Suite Help, click on
Credits and Copyrights and look under Credits. ;-)
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beamish
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> Hi beamish,
>
> Do you mean Index.dat Suite? If so, open Index.dat Suite Help, click on
> Credits and Copyrights and look under Credits. ;-)
>
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for their help and inspiration during the development of Index.dat Suite.
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take care
beamish
us...@domain.invalid
that contains several folders on the left side such as
"Favorites", "My Documents", etc. Is it possible to change
the selection that appears??
Gordon
You can't change the default ones, AFAIK but you can add to them.
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to email me replace the obvious!
Nepatsfan
Download and install Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy for Windows
XP.
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Run TweakUI and navigate to the Common Dialogs -> Places bar
section.
In the right hand pane, select Custom places bar and enter the
locations you wished displayed in the Save as dialog.
Here are a few articles that you may find helpful:
Places Bar in the Common Dialog Box
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/folderconfig.htm
Edit the Places bar locations in 'Open/Save As' common dialog
boxes
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/PlacesBar.htm
Customize the Places Bar
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000884.html
Good luck
Nepatsfan
Stan Brown
<nepa...@SBXXXIX.com>:
> Download and install Microsoft's TweakUI PowerToy for Windows
> XP.
>
> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
> Run TweakUI and navigate to the Common Dialogs -> Places bar
> section.
Which doesn't exist if you're a limited user (as everyone should be,
for routine computing).
Sigh.
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Nepatsfan
While you make a valid point, it's been my experience that most
of the users who post questions to these newsgroups use an
account that has administrative privileges.
Nepatsfan
Nepatsfan
Following up on my earlier response, Stan Brown has pointed out
the possibility that you could be using a limited account. If
so, post back and I'll provide a workaround that will allow a
limited user to use TweakUI to change the Places bar. You'll
need to have access to a password protected account that is a
Computer Administrator.
If your account is a member of a domain then you should direct
this question to your system administrator.
Nepatsfan
Wesley Vogel
batteries in it.
If you have XP Pro, and your arms are not duct taped to your chair, you can
use Group Policy.
Group Policy (gpedit.msc)...
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\Common Open File Dialog\
Items displayed in Places Bar
[[Configures the list of items displayed in the Places Bar in the Windows
File/Open dialog. If you enable this setting you can specify from 1 to 5
items to be displayed in the Places Bar.
The valid items you may display in the Places Bar are:
1) Shortcuts to a local folders
-- (ex. C:\Windows)
2) Shortcuts to remote folders
-- (\\server\share)
3) Common Shell folders.
The list of Common Shell Folders that may be specified:
CommonDocuments, CommonMusic, CommonPictures, Desktop, MyComputer,
MyDocuments, MyFavorites, MyMusic, MyNetworkPlaces, MyPictures, Printers,
ProgramFiles, Recent.
If you disable or do not configure this setting the default list of items
will be displayed in the Places Bar.]]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Place0
Place1
Place2
Place3
Place4
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> Stan, a user with a Limited account is like having a flashlight with no
> batteries in it.
And yet, security consultant advise using a limited account while on
the Internet, to minimize the problems that creep in through
Javascript and especially through ActiveX.
> If you have XP Pro, and your arms are not duct taped to your chair, you can
> use Group Policy.
I guess you're trying to be funny.
Of course I can log in as administrator and use group policy. The
problem is that there are a lot of preferences that apply only to the
current user but can be set only by the administrator -- a logical
inconsistency. But I know all is perfect in Bill ates Land, so I
should be sent to a psychiatric hospital for daring to point out a
problem.
Wesley Vogel
> And yet, security consultant advise using a limited account while on
> the Internet, to minimize the problems that creep in through
> Javascript and especially through ActiveX.
IE | Tools | Internet Options | Security tab | Custom Level button |
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disable
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disable
Active scripting: Disable
Allow paste operations via script: Disable
IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer): UNCHeck
Enable Install On Demand (Other): UNCHeck
The settings above are what are related to driveby downloading of unwanted
programs, popups and other unwanted happenings on the net.
Internet Options | Privacy | Advanced button |
Override automatic cookie handling |
First Party Cookies: Prompt
Third Party Cookies: Block
Recommended Minimal Security Settings
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Security Issues for Windows and IE
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/security.htm
Adding Sites to the Internet Explorer Restricted Zone
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
Blocking Unwanted Cookies with IE 6
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/cookies.htm
Dealing with Unwanted Pop-ups
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/nopopups.htm
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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> There are many ways to deal with internet security.
>
> > And yet, security consultant advise using a limited account while on
> > the Internet, to minimize the problems that creep in through
> > Javascript and especially through ActiveX.
Help me out here. What's the purpose of having limited users, then,
if everyone should be running as administrator?
Wesley Vogel
Microsoft gives this advice, but I do not follow it.
Why you should not run your computer as an administrator
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_whynot_admin.mspx
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> Just my opinion, but for your kids or feeble Uncle Fred.
>
> Microsoft gives this advice, but I do not follow it.
Evidamment :-)
> Why you should not run your computer as an administrator
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_whynot_admin.mspx
Thanks for the link. I've just skimmed it.
Wesley Vogel
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> It's the same article that is in Help and Support. ;-)
Yes, I thought it looked familiar.:-)
OM
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The easiest way is to get a MS file called Places.exe (available from MS
Downloads). This is for previous versions of Windows, but works with XP as
well. It allows you to change any of the items listed in the left side bar,
AND you can specify "small" or "large" icons, which allows 10 or 5 choices.
Rob
Wesley Vogel
Places.exe is for MS Office 2000 applications, it doesn't do anything for
the Open and Save common dialogs. It only works for Office Open & Save
dialogs. The large and small icon option is only for Office Open & Save
dialogs also.
MS Office 2000 Places bar.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Open
Find\Places\UserDefinedPlaces
MS Office XP Places bar icon size.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\Open Find\Places
Value Name: ItemSize
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Small icons
1 = Large icons
Common dialogs Places bar.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
[[Office 2000 COM Add-In: Places.exe Available for Download
The purpose of the Places COM Add-in is to allow users to customize the
Places Bar found in the Open and Save As dialog boxes that are used
throughout the Office 2000 applications.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=Places.exe&DisplayLang=en
INFO: Places COM Add-In for Office 2000 Available for Download
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260190
How to Customize the Places Bar Word 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;205041
Office XP & 2003 already have a customize option for the Places bar. Again
this only affects the Office Open & Save dialogs not the Open and Save
common dialogs. Office XP & 2003 have the large and small icon option also.
Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030890961033.aspx
Add a place to store your files
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011864981033.aspx
How to customize the My Places bar in the "Open" and "Save As" dialog boxes
in Office XP programs
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282087
How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As dialog
boxes in Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826214
Customize the Places Bar in Office XP
http://www.petri.co.il/customize_the_places_bar_in_office_xp.htm
If you want to customize the Open and Save common dialogs Places bar...
You can use TweakUI, Edit the registry or if XP Pro, use System Policy
Editor.
TweakUI
[+] Common Dialogs
Places bar
Places bar
Custom places bar
Places bar
[[This enables changing the location when a common dialog is opened. You can
use the default values or you can choose a custom location to open when a
common dialog box is opened.]]
Common Dialog Boxes
[[The common dialog boxes, such as the Save As dialog box, display the
places bar on the left side. These are shortcuts to common folders, which
make getting around much easier. By default, you see the History, Documents,
Desktop, Favorites, and My Network Places folders there. You can customize
the folders that appear in the places bar by using the Common Dialogs
category in Tweak UI.]]
Download TweakUI here >>>
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Place0
Place1
Place2
Place3
Place4
For Group Policy if XP Pro...
Items displayed in Places Bar
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows
Explorer\Common
Open File Dialog
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=567
Edit the Places bar locations in 'Open/Save As' common dialog boxes
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/PlacesBar.htm
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