Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the amount of disk space set aside for Internet Explorer’s temporary files folder? Kevin Finel Auto Hypnose Pdf Creator here. -- AD Hey, AD. The first draft of this column we were able to bang out in no time; after all, it consisted entirely of this: Beats us. But after discussing how valuable an answer like that would be to our customers, and after realizing that this is the month when we’re supposed to write up our performance reviews, we decided maybe we’d look into this a little further.

And although it took a little bit of research, we were able to come up with an answer. (Something you can bet we’ll feature very prominently on our performance review, right after the note that, “At least this year we didn’t set anything on fire.” Between those two items, this might be our best review yet.) In case you aren’t sure what AD is referring to, start up Internet Explorer and select Internet Options from the Tools menu. In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab, click Settings. You should see a dialog box similar to this: What AD would like to do is write a script that can change the Amount of disk space to use value (which, in this example, is set to 447 MB). We have good news for you, AD. You don’t have to write this script; we’ve already written it for you: Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 strComputer = '.'

I have a system with Windows Vista Home Prem 32 bit. The c: Users AppData Local Micros oft Window s Temporar y Internet Files Low Content.IE5 folder has a sub folder (HHQLRLW) I can not delete and it is slowing down any Virus scans (and do not want to exclude from scans). Let's It probably has over 85,000.js, html and other files. System likely had Malware on it but is now clean but can not delete this folder.

I tired deleting from IE 9 (installed) by clearing or moving Temp folder but does not do anything to get rid of this folder at all with it's massive files messing up the virus full scans. I have been able to boot up and scan the system with AVG and it is clean of Malware. Just need this folder deleted as listed. I have tried various ways but when I try and delete that subfolder (HHQLRLW in my case) it sites there 'Calculating' for hours, days and never comes back. I have tried booted up on 3rd party tool (Spotmau) running Win PE env. To delete but same issue. I have tried command line delete command 'del * /A:H /S' but that also never works or completes.

Windows/Temp folder is huge. A tech would want to examine the big log files to find. AppData Local Microsoft Windows Temporary Internet Files Content.

There must be a simple, and quick, way to delete this folder and all it's contents. Any help is appreciated. Copy and Paste this string into the address bar of Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer):%userprofile% AppData Loca l Microsof t Windows Temporary Internet Files Low Content.IE5 HHQL RLW and hit Enter. That should open the folder for you. Then on the right select a few hundred files at a time, hold down a Shift key and press the Delete key (that deletes without sending them to the Recycle folder).