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Under WindowsXP, the following directory

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\

is used to keep all cookies but also contains a subdirectory, "Content.IE5", used to temporary store some files automatically downloaded by internet when you click some links on a web page.

I have this subdirectory missing, therefore some of my internet downloads fail : the file is downloaded to 99% then a window pops up saying that :

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\XXXXXX\FileName

could not be found
where XXXXXX is a weird directory name.

There is no way to create any new directory under "Temporary Internet Files"
And if a create a new user the C:\Documents and Settings\New UserName\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ is created but not the Content.IE5 subdirectory.


Does anyone know how to correct this

By the way I am using Internet Explorer (V6.0)

Thanks to anyone for helping me to solve this pb

Try deleting the whole cache. Then it maybe recreates the temp directories.

Alternative, use another Browser like Opera for downloading: http://www.opera.com

alorbach

thanks for your quick answer

what do you mean by deleting the whole cache, is it deleting all temp internet files ?

Anyway I'll give opera a try however it is really frustrating not to understand why this subdirectory is missing and not to be able to recreate it.

Thanks again for your help

If you go to the options of internet explorer, on the Generals tab, there is a button "Delete Files". Hit that button, and delete all temp files.

Under the Settings button, you can also move the temp dir to some other location that is there.