I have 2 TIF folders?

Hi,

I have 2 TIF folders on my C drive - one is always empty at C:\windows\TIF\ContentIE5 and the other one which holds all the temp folders/index.dat etc is at C:\windows\LocalSettings\TIF\ContentIE5.

I have 98se with IE6 SP1

Can I delete the unused one permanently? If so how? If I try right click 'delete' I get the 'this is a system folder and cannot be deleted' warning - I assume I can delete it in DOS somehow?

I have a windows clean utility which is defaulted to the C:\windows\TIF folder so i'd like to delete that and move the 'localsettings' TIF to that location.

Thanks in advance,

Mick(UK)

 

Just ignore the "warning" and delete it.

 

It wont let me!

 

Here is how to do it. Restart in dos mode and do these commands. The first will appear to do nothing, it speeds things up actually.
smartdrv
deltree c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree c:\windows\locals~1\tempor~1
Type a Y that you want to delete, check for typos at this time. When done, reboot.
PS. I am assuming when you posted 'C:\windows\TIF\ContentIE5', you meant C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 for the folder name.

I have a windows clean utility which is defaulted to the C:\windows\TIF folder so i'd like to delete that and move the 'localsettings' TIF to that location.
The appearance of that folder may be due to an internet app not reading the registry correctly for the location of the TIF folder. However, it may not appear again.

 

Thanks Mark,

I take it only one of these is regenerated on re-boot?

Mick

Mark - I have just installed 98se on a brand new Seagate 40gb 7200 HDD but had to run a utility called 'Dynamic Drive Overlay' to get the full 40gig accepted by windows - would smartdrv affect this adversley??

 

Smartdrv.Exe is a disk caching program, dos has it's version, and windows loads it's own built-in version. The dos version uses 2 mb of Extended Memory for it's cache by default. When Smartdrv is loaded into memory, Deltree.Exe can delete mulitiple files at once, instead of one at a time, and those folders can hold a few thousand files.
It will not harm your drive overlay, when you reboot it is gone. If you want a really good cleanup of all temp files in a way not possible in windows, add these commands.
deltree c:\windows\cookies
deltree c:\windows\history
deltree c:\windows\temp
deltree c:\windows\tempor~1
These folders will be rebuilt upon windows startup. Only the one TIf folder should reappear.

Here is a good hint, take the following lines, and paste into Notepad.
@echo off
smartdrv
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies
deltree /y c:\windows\history
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1
echo All Done!
Then Save As "c:\windows\clean.bat ", with the quotes so it doesn't ended up saved as Clean.Bat.Txt
You'll notice that the /y was added, removing the need to type a Y. The BAT file will do it's job without any further input from you. I only recommend this in a BATch file, as nothing happens until you call up the file.
The reason to not use the /y when typing in at the prompt is to prevent a tragedy. A really bad typo can have immediate bad results, as dos does not have a Recycle Bin.
The @echo off prevents the commands from being echoed to the screen as they are being executed.
To use this BAT file, restart in dos mode, type in clean and press Enter, when you see All Done! appear on the screen, reboot.

The reason this does a better cleanup is there are these files named Index.Dat and Desktop.Ini. Index.Dat only gets larger as time goes on, and does not get cleaned out. Deletion is the best way, and you cannot do this while windows is running.

 

Mark,

Much obliged for all this.

Hope 4 years goes quick!!!!

Mick(UK)