Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (
More info?)
Thank you Wesley for your comprehensive reply. Excellent!
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> chrisan,
>
> Opening Disk Cleanup from the Start Menu and from Help and Support I saw the
> same thing that you did. Two different Temporary Internet Files values.
>
> Try this.
>
> Clear all Temporary Internet Files.
> 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
> 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
> 3) Check the box  Delete all offline content
> 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the
> temporary internet files
>
> Open the Content.IE5 folder...
> Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...
>
> %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>
> Click the Folders button to display the Folders pane.
> Right click the Content.IE5 folder in the Folders pane and select
> Properties.
> Look at the Size (My case: 163,907 bytes).
> Look at what's in the right hand pane.
> Desktop.ini (My case: 67 bytes).
> Index.dat (My case: 163,840 bytes).
>
> Open Disk Cleanup From Start Menu.
> Disk Cleanup
> Temporary Internet Files (My case: 0) It doesn't count index.dat or
> Desktop.ini.
>
> Open Disk Cleanup From Help and Support.
> Disk Cleanup
> Temporary Internet Files (My case: 1KB) My guess is it counts the
> Desktop.ini.
>
> In the mean time, Help and Support also added two folders and 4 files to
> Content.IE5 just by clicking on Open Disk Cleanup under Using Disk Cleanup.
> Yes, Help and Support, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and other programs
> add to Temporary Internet Files and Content.IE5.
>
> Some conclusions:
> • There are still things happening while one is performing the above steps.
> Windows has not stopped while all of this is going on. This is dynamic
> not static.
>
> • Disk Cleanup does *not* cleanout all the files and folders in Content.IE5.
> I don't know what it uses as criteria. Disk Cleanup uses a registry
> key set to 7 days for cleaning Temporary files (%TEMP% or %TMP%). Files
> must be older than 7 days before Disk Cleanup deletes them. This can be
> changed in the registry. It must use some similar mechanism for Temporary
> Internet Files.
>
> • Disk Cleanup *does* clean out %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
> Files.
>
> • If you want to clear the CONTENT.IE5 completely, you must use the Delete
> all offline content option. If something is open that adds files to
> Temporary Internet Files or Content.IE5, not everything will be cleared.
>
> I simply do not waste my time with Disk Cleanup any more. It's lame.
>
> Who cares why the results are different, clean everything out and it doesn't
> matter.
>
> Also while writing this message (Outlook Express) right now I have 82
> temporary files @ 243,835 bytes Just related to this message. OE creates a
> zero byte file for every message read. Plus wbkXX.tmp files when you Save a
> message that you're working on, every time you hit Save.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:39DCB98B-237C-4779-8FC6-A0F571224FFF@microsoft.com,
> chrisan <chrisan@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Very interesting Wesley and Plato and I'm grateful, but it still doesn't
> > answer why I get different results when I access Disk Cleanup by the two
> > methods.
> >
>
>
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram