It's a little bit complicated because '\Content.IE5\' is a name used in several places.
Assuming this is a subdirectory of \Temporary Internet Files\ then it should SHOULD only contain files used for Internet browsing and OE news server message combining/browsing So - if you are not worried about losing cookies as well as the files that prior web and news server usage have created for the downloaded pages etc., then yes - you can just delete the contents including those subdirectories. But before you do that consider that this particular occurrence of '\Content.IE5\' could be within your personal userid area (Documents and Settings\.....\....\.) or within a directory structure used for all users It could hold very little, or lots depending on the actual usage. Me, I only delete the stuff that I recognise as being pointless, or file types that I recognise ( html htm gif js pdf swf jpg - and all those 0 length files) and then only providing their date/time of creation indicates that they are not in current use: I.E. They are older than 24 hours, and if I didn't restart my system today, pre-dating my last boot The thing is that I don't want to lose cookies, password things and anything that relate to what I'm doing via the internet now but there SHOULDN'T be any long term problems just deleting all of the '\Content.IE5\' contents Note the frequent use of SHOULD Also - how many files are there in that particular subdirectory structure, and how much space do they occupy, and how many are 0 length? JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Poer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: Re: System32 folder will not open > So, can I delete that Content.IE5 that seems to be in about 7 or 8 temp > folders?? I don't quite understand your reference to that part. > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > > Re Internet temporary files: > IE - Tools Internet Options General > Settings > View Files > should give you the relevant directory name > > You'll probably want to keep the cookies > Adjust the space as you think appropriate - 400Mb should be loads > > Set pages in history as appropriate - a week should be long enough, > you are either visiting a site frequently, or it probably isn't worth > keeping the entries - UNLESS you only have a slow connection > > Back to Windows explorer - and onto the temp storage directory > down to the Content.IE5 ? directory and search > 12000 files ? or only 6000 - > > html htm gif js pdf swf jpg - and all those 0 length files - > > Remember this is the temp storage for web browsing - > about all you cannot automatically replace just by visiting the sites > are the cookies and they are mostly in the higher level directory. > as a cleanout you could just delete all of these files, > but I would suggest deleting them in blocks of less than 1500 at a time > > JimB -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
