Cannot download.

For some reason I cannot download anything with Windows.I get the message 'IE cannot open or find the website' or if there's no message the download bar just doesn't move.I can use Fleshget no problems but it's not always the option.Thanx for any help!

 

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13520

 

IE Downloads.

Hi,Brett!Thanx a lot for your quick response.Luckily I did manage to revert my disk to an earlier time otherwise the problem is quite serious from what I managed to research.Apparently,it's something to do with one of the index.dat files for User getting corrupted and telling the system that your TIF is full even if it's not.But I didn't manage to find it on my system anyway.
BTW how can I make GoBack to exstand its hystory for more than just 2-3 days?Thanx again and good luck . Al.

 

Here is a suggestion by Zephyr on another thread:

I can't verify as I don't have GoBack! I find S/R serves my expectation and need.

 

How did you try to find the TIF index.dat?

On my system (yours will be different deending on the ms-dos name for "Temporary Internet Files, usually tempor~1, and the location) I have to go to an MS-Dos prompt and type /enter:

DIR /A C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~2\CONTENT.IE5

Then I get a list of ALL files and directories, including the "hidden" index.dat :


C:\WINDOWS>DIR /A C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~2\CONTENT.IE5

Volume in drive C is HARD DISK
Volume Serial Number is 246E-14CE
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

. <DIR> 09-12-00 10:14a .
.. <DIR> 09-12-00 10:14a ..
INDEX DAT 1,720,320 02-03-03 12:05p index.dat
DESKTOP INI 67 02-02-03 6:02p desktop.ini
012NCLUZ <DIR> 02-02-03 6:08p 012NCLUZ
8TGR6BED <DIR> 02-02-03 6:08p 8TGR6BED
QRATUDWF <DIR> 02-02-03 6:08p QRATUDWF
02TE1N1H <DIR> 02-02-03 6:08p 02TE1N1H
K9KNI7KX <DIR> 02-02-03 6:08p K9KNI7KX
OHYJSTQF <DIR> 02-02-03 6:08p OHYJSTQF
WDA3GLI7 <DIR> 01-30-03 5:16p WDA3GLI7
EDG763Q7 <DIR> 02-02-03 6:11p EDG763Q7
2 file(s) 1,720,387 bytes
10 dir(s) 1,666,682,880 bytes free

One way I've heard to tell if you have a corrupted cache is to go to Internet Options and click on the Settings button, then see if your cache size can be set to something other than zero.

If you do have a corrupted cache you will need to delete the contents of your temporary internet file folder in ms-dos mode. If you need help with that post back with your OS and location of the TIF folder.

 

sorted.

Thanx a lot Alice!Looks like all is back to norm and I think i even know what started the problem.Apparently,moving paging file and TIF to another partition extends goback history.Somehow my system wasn't happy having TIF in a new place so I took it back but I believe now that triggered the problem.Best regards Al.

 

CacheSentry should repair the index.dat file:
http://www.mindspring.com/~dpoch/enigmatic/index.html

Run it occasionally or on startup.

 

Hi Alex

Glad you got your problem fixed without too much trouble.

I've seen CacheSentry recommended but never looked into it.

For the record here's what I have in my notes on cleaning up the IE cache in Win9x systems, taken from a NG post by Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP awhile back:

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1. Get back to a clean slate. I, personally, prefer to use what I call a
"pure" DOS prompt, one arrived at straight from full reboot. Holding
down or repeatedly pressing the Ctrl key (sometimes F8) will usually
succeed in bringing up the Startup Menu. (Really needs to be just before
Windows starts, after POST, but this moment can be difficult to pin
down.) At the C:\ prompt:

smartdrv (This will keep the thing from taking all day--literally--to
finish the operation.)
cd windows
deltree tempor~1
deltree history
deltree cookies

(and while you're here, I would)
deltree recent

All of the above assumes you have a standard installation and haven't
moved things to different locations )snip)

Hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot. I know others have suggested "Restart in
MS-DOS mode ", and that is *usually* just fine. I am just never very
trusting that the Restart in MS-DOS hasn't been somehow ******* up (not
unimaginable!) Either way, SMARTDRV needs to be loaded. (If you get
information returned after loading smartdrv, a bunch of info about Drive
Caching, then smartdrv has already been loaded.)

2. To keep your TIF in good shape, you have a couple of options:

Option A:
---In Internet Settings (rt-click the IE icon on your Desktop, then
Properties,or use the Control Panel item)--On the General tab, Temporary
Internet Files Settings. Set the limit for the TIF size to 20 MB. (This
keeps it large enough to not often cause problems, yet small enough to
also not cause problems.)
---*Regularly*, say weekly, use this same section described above to
Delete TIFs. When prompted, also delete "Offline Content ". Here's the
deal. The TIF folder is not a normal folder. I have, in the past, gone
into great detail describing the TIF folder, in a manner meant to convey
the basics, though the details are even more complicated. A search of
Google might turn it up, or, if you're really interested, I might be
able to dig it out of my archives.

*Nothing* is what it seems in the TIF folder. The very best policy with
regard to the TIF folder is to keepa you hands OFF! Don't delete
anything there, don't launch anything from there (*copy* a file to some
other location if you want to retrieve it and make use of it.) The only
thing that it is acceptable to do directly to the TIF folder is to
DELTREE it in DOS, as above. It all has to do with how the Index.dat
file operates. Plus, there is a bug in Outlook Express that creates
hundreds of "Offline Content" files in the TIF, which is why that advice
to include Offline Content in the cleanup is so important. You can't see
this stuff by simply looking in the TIF folder in Windows Explorer, so I
suggest not even trying, <s>.

Option B: Get CacheSentry from
http://www.mindspring.com/~dpoch/enigmatic/cachesentry.html
(David's site has total-traffic limits, so if the above link fails late
in the month, use google.com to look for an alternate download site.)

CacheSentry does an excellent job of managing IE's TIF folder. It also
includes a fix for the OE bug. It can slow things down if you leave it
on all the time, so I run it in a runonce configuration, as a startup
item, with the /i switch (for the OE Bug fix.) Instructions for running
CS are included in the Download, and it's important to read them
through. Most important is that you need to set the original IE TIF
limit to the maximum possible, i.e., the size of your hard drive (or
partition.) Then use CS to set the real limit. This is to prevent IE's
TIF manager from ever deciding that it needs to act.

And, yes, you still have all these problems in IE/OE 6. And CacheSentry
works just fine there, too.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP for Windows 9x
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