Undeletable Temporary Internet Files
The usual <TOOLS><INTERNET OPTIONS><DELETE FILES> to eliminate the IE6 cache just stalls out into a permanent (but moveable) hourglass on my Win XP Pro machine.
Navigating into that folder (Temporary Internet Files) with Windows Explorer I find that:
a. There are five files that cannot be manually deleted
b. One of those files (an .htm) is very lengthy indeed but the others are reasonable length .gif, .jpg, .jpeg etc. The lengthy file appears to be a Google search string URL and it's obviously the one that's stalling it out.
c. None of these files are able to be deleted or renamed (shortened)..... there's no right-click option to do so.
d. The Temporary Internet Files folder can be optionally moved to other drives - but it can neither be deleted or renamed and those five pesky files just keeps tagging along on any move.
e. Double-Clicking on other files will open them but these five are unopenable.
f. I've followed the Microsoft procedure for removing IE6, disabling the IE6 registry key and reinstalling IE6 - but that achieves nought.
Any ideas short of a re-format?