Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
IE temp file won't delete
Name: AaronH Date: July 12, 2005 at 15:17:33 Pacific OS: Win 2000 CPU/Ram: Slllloooooowwww
Comment:
I have a temp file left from IE from a reputable web page that will not delete. The file name is huge (I didn't count how many characters, but it looks to be near 100). It cannot be deleted while in windoze or from a dos prompt. It says it's like 125K in size but I cannot right click it to look at the properties. Windows just dings at me. When I try to delete it says file or directory not found. Yet it remains when the folder is refreshed. I cannot change the file attributes in a dos prompt either. Nor can I move or rename the file. Any ideas why it is causing problems and how to get rid of it? Thanks.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: July 12, 2005 at 15:59:20 Pacific
Reply:
What's the name of the file and where is it located? Also, there is no DOS in XP. You may have to boot to Safe Mode and see if you can delete it from there.
Soylent Green is PEOPLE!
0
Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: July 12, 2005 at 16:00:15 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry. I meant no Dos in 2K... Or XP. :)
Soylent Green is PEOPLE!
0
Response Number 3
Name: ccfrank Date: July 13, 2005 at 07:23:56 Pacific
Reply:
there is a free utility called move on boot. Google it as i don't recall where i got it.
Summary: You don't need a patch, you need to turn thumbnail/webview off for that folder. The reason the file won't delete is that media player has got hold of it to display its mini-player on the left of the w...
Summary: None of my exe files would run, could not cut and paste, could not print. I spent 8 hours with MS tech on phone Sat 8/23/03, he came up with nothing out of his extensive database. Installed win2000 i...
Summary: Help! I use Kazaa and wanted a picture of David Bowie for my website, so I found what i thought was a picture of him which turned out to be porn. Or at least i think it is - it's an image file in a fo...
0 
