"Andrew G" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,
Recently ran a virus scan and noticed how long it took to run through all
these particular files apparently located in the temporary internet files
folder under a folder called content.ie5. Content.ie5 does not show up,
even
with "show all files" chosen. It can only be found and accessed through a
search/find files. It appears to hold content of web files that would
normally be found under temporary internet files, some of these date back
to
2002.
I tried to delete this folder (the content.ie5 one) but it says it's a
system file (or folder).
Anyone have any idea what this folder is for or would deleting it cause a
problem, especially considering it's not visible unless you search for it.
It might be worth adding that it's also located under the temp folder,
same
name, but not as large in size, again only found through a search.
The only reason I knew it was there is I saw the location of it during the
virus scan.
Sorry for off topic and confusing.
Thanks for any advance.
Cheers
Andrew
wondering how many people after reading this are currently going to the
find files or folders and searching for content.ie5


The newsgroup aus.computers which len & I frequent will give you heaps of
answers on this topic.
My take on this is that you don't need all those .tmp files and the myriad
that live in Temporary internet files. so set the retention time to 0 days
and give it a flush every week.
Jim