Apokalipse
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there are folders and files in Windows which are hidden, I mean really hidden
if you have "show hidden files" on it still doesn't show them, and they don't get deleted ever even if you go to Ie and in internet options you click "delete files"
if you have 98, the folders are in C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5\{4 folders of randomly generated names}
if you have an NT or NT based OS (like 2000 or XP), they're in C:\documents and settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\{4 folders of randomly generated names}
and there is an index.dat file also in content.ie5 which stores all typed URL's
if you have an NT based OS, with the exception of XP Home, you can create a DOS script that deletes these files every shut down
open notepad, and add these lines:
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5\*\*.*"
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5\index.dat"
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*.*"
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*"
del "C:\Windows\Temp\*.*"
del "C:\Windows\Temp\*"
this also deletes the index.dat files, Windows will make another one, but it won't have all the URL's stored
I've also written commands to delete files in the other temp folders
save it to C: as a .bat file - save as, select "all files" instead of "text document" and put .bat on the end of the file name
then go to start, run, type 'gpedit.msc' then under 'computer settings go to 'windows settings' and double click on "scripts (startup/shutdown)"
double click on shutdown on the right, and click on add, then browse and select the .bat file you've created and click apply
then close gpedit and reboot
now when it is executing a shutdown/restart you should see "executing shutdown scripts" and this means it worked, and it's deleting the temp files
*edit*
the reason these folders are hidden is because of the desktop.ini files inside them. every folder has a desktop.ini which basically has all the folder settings. if you delete them, Windows will remake them and they will still be hidden, but Windows doesn't check if they have been modified, so you can edit them in notepad
they should have this if they're hidden:
[.ShellClassInfo]
UICLSID={7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
just delete the second line so you're left with this:
[.ShellClassInfo]
and it will not be hidden
if you have "show hidden files" on it still doesn't show them, and they don't get deleted ever even if you go to Ie and in internet options you click "delete files"
if you have 98, the folders are in C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5\{4 folders of randomly generated names}
if you have an NT or NT based OS (like 2000 or XP), they're in C:\documents and settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\{4 folders of randomly generated names}
and there is an index.dat file also in content.ie5 which stores all typed URL's
if you have an NT based OS, with the exception of XP Home, you can create a DOS script that deletes these files every shut down
open notepad, and add these lines:
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5\*\*.*"
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.ie5\index.dat"
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*.*"
del "C:\Documents and settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*"
del "C:\Windows\Temp\*.*"
del "C:\Windows\Temp\*"
this also deletes the index.dat files, Windows will make another one, but it won't have all the URL's stored
I've also written commands to delete files in the other temp folders
save it to C: as a .bat file - save as, select "all files" instead of "text document" and put .bat on the end of the file name
then go to start, run, type 'gpedit.msc' then under 'computer settings go to 'windows settings' and double click on "scripts (startup/shutdown)"
double click on shutdown on the right, and click on add, then browse and select the .bat file you've created and click apply
then close gpedit and reboot
now when it is executing a shutdown/restart you should see "executing shutdown scripts" and this means it worked, and it's deleting the temp files
*edit*
the reason these folders are hidden is because of the desktop.ini files inside them. every folder has a desktop.ini which basically has all the folder settings. if you delete them, Windows will remake them and they will still be hidden, but Windows doesn't check if they have been modified, so you can edit them in notepad
they should have this if they're hidden:
[.ShellClassInfo]
UICLSID={7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
just delete the second line so you're left with this:
[.ShellClassInfo]
and it will not be hidden