I recently bought a copy of the newly released Windows XP Home Edition...I currently have it hooked-up to a DSL connection. But on the subject of the Internet, does anyone know how to clear "all" or at least "most" of the Windows history and temporary internet files, including cookies? In Windows 95--You had direct folder access to c:\windows\cookies, c:\windows\history and finally c:\windows\temporary internet files which you could delete freely. Any ideas besides the few buttons in IE6's "Internet Options"? Thanks

ok to clear history and temp files right click on the internet explorer icon and select properties in the general tab you will see temporary internet files click on delete files and delete cookies below that there is a history section you can set it to delete the history at a certain time or just click on delete

You can also download Powertoys for WinXp and it was a Tweak UI. Install the Tweak UI and use the Paranoia tab to clear the information you are looking for.

Whats wrong with "start/all programs/accessaries/system tools/disk cleanup" thats what its for?

Forget the usual method - and forget Powertoys as this won't do the job properly either... Open Explorer and goto Tools > Folder Opts > View. Make sure you reveal all hidden folders and your worries will be over. Now: Goto C:\Documents and Settings\**your user name**\Local Settings Here you'll find both Temp & Temp internet files... Also History and Cookies. One other point, if you are looking for folders, try Search.

My computer always gives "not responding" when try to delete temporary internet files. If I choose start-allprograms-accessories-systemtools-cleanup, the little popup that shows the green horizontal bar shows just a little bit, maybe 10%, then never goes further and if I click ctl-alt-delete for the taskmanager, it says cleanmgr is not responding. If I try to delete any temporary internet files I have tried two methods. The first is tools-internetoptions-tempinternetfiles-delete - and nothing happens and eventually if I look in taskmanager it says not responding. If I go to documentsandsettings-me-localsettings-temporaryinternetfiles, it takes forever for the folder contents to display (so long that even if the contents finally displays, I think that something is wrong). This time it says there are 32,000 objects. A previous time I was trying to delete these files (because a message on this site indicated that could be causing various problems from too many temp internet files, which turned out to be true), there were about 50,000 files. If I click ctl-a to highlight all the files and press delete, eventually taskmanager will say it is not responding. If I highlight only, say, several screenfuls of files and press delete, it has sometimes deleted them, but today it is also freezing then. If someone knows what could be the problem please help.