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sammy - 30 Jul 2003 04:05 GMT

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Subject: please help me, cant get rid of it!
From: "SAMMY" <ironking@sbcglobal.com> Sent: 7/28/2003
9:03:49 AM

every time i go to disk clean up i find these folders
i try to delete them and they come right back
what do i do??
it says they are system folders but i know they are not,
here are the names of the folders.
thank you
sammy

39k9x0m
8e715e8c
8u7klpye
g70hx2up

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Gary Smith - 30 Jul 2003 07:35 GMT

> every time i go to disk clean up i find these folders
> i try to delete them and they come right back
> what do i do??
> it says they are system folders but i know they are not,
> here are the names of the folders.

> 39k9x0m
> 8e715e8c
> 8u7klpye
> g70hx2up

Are these folders subordinate to Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5? If
so, they are indeed system folders, created by IE. You can delete them,
but IE will create new ones the next time is runs. The names will vary,
but they all have the same pattern.

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Gary L. Smith gls@infinet.com
Columbus, Ohio

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Jon Kennedy - 31 Jul 2003 03:06 GMT

If you are seeing these files in your Temporary Internet Files folder...

What you are seeing is the "cache" for IE. It's where IE stores all of the web pages you have visited in their separate components. The TIF is divided into separate folders for faster access, and as they reach a certain size, more individual folders are created. They have cryptic names for security reasons. Viewing them in Windows Explorer will make it look like each folder has the same contents, but it is not so, due to the way Windows Explorer presents those files to you.

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
jkennedy2@carolina.rr.com

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