Getting files from internet cache 2

[Mindbender311]

Hello,

I am having trouble figuring out a weird issue. I am trying to get all files in the special folder InternetCache. The problem is only two items show up when I get all files and folders in the directory. The two items I get are desktop.ini and Content.IE5. I check the directory on the drive and more files exists than those two.

My question is what am I doing wrong?

Here is the line to get the files from the directory.

string [] files = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(Environment.GetFolderPath(
                 Environment.SpecialFolder.InternetCache));

After that line I display all the files/folders retreived.

Thanks for any information.

 

[Korach]

Windows explorer shows you all files under "Temporary internet files" in one directory, but actually they are spread in many directories. Open a command window and you'll see it yourself.
You have to make a recursive search in all sub directories.

 

[Mindbender311]

Cool. I got it to work. Thanks for the info.

 

[Dimandja]

Mindbender311, how did you do it?

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[Mindbender311]

It is somewhat crude, but works. Here is what I did.

private void cleanFolder (string path)
		{
			try
			{
				// delete directory
				Directory.Delete (path, true);
               // recreate the directory if it actually gets deleted all the way.
				if ( !Directory.Exists(path) )
					Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
				
			}
			catch (Exception )
			{				
			}
		}

I pass to the method Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.InternetCache ).

It wipes out all files except for an index.dat that is being used.

 

[Mindbender311]

I guess I should have stated that my goal was to delete the cache. Sorry.

 

[Mindbender311]

Here is some code that I stumbled across in the msdn that could be modified to actually view the cache instead of deleting the cache.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q326201/

 

[Dimandja]

Thanks Mind, and Korach.

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