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Viewing Temporary Internet Files
Name: wendytrender Date: October 31, 2004 at 02:30:30 Pacific OS: Windows 98SE CPU/Ram: 4090mhz 252ram
Comment:
When I try to view Temporary Internet Files, a window comes up that says they can't be viewed as "in use by another facility". I have shut down Firewall, antivirus etc no change. Any ideas. Also should I tick the "Archive" "Read Only" "Hidden" options in Properties? Thanks
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: October 31, 2004 at 03:54:22 Pacific
Reply:
Did you shut down your browser?
M2
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Response Number 2
Name: WhitPhil Date: October 31, 2004 at 08:56:50 Pacific
Reply:
Is this when you try to open the FOLDER , Temporary Internet Files, or a FILE within this folder. And, would it happen to be index.dat you are trying to open.
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Response Number 3
Name: Kailas Date: October 31, 2004 at 09:09:16 Pacific
Reply:
Hello Whitephil, Mechanix2go, wendy... The warning message usually is that it may not be safe to view the files and you are asked for a confirmation to either proceed or not...
post the exact error message. btw why do you want to open your TIF ?
Good Luck and Happy Computing, Kailas Shastry,
Athlon 2000XP + MSI KT266VM DDR 256MB
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Response Number 4
Name: melee5 Date: October 31, 2004 at 21:47:24 Pacific
Reply:
Workaround is to copy the file(s) in question out of the TIF folder and into a temporary work folder for viewing there. Only a hex editor will consistently allow you to 'see' inside the various files, while notepad/wordpad will still work for a few of them.
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