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Many files were lost in Temporary Internet Files

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jslmvl

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Hi,

I have checked my Temporary Internet Files in my Vista and found many web page and .swf files were not listed.

Do I need to set something?

Thank you in advance.
 
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No. The server does. With IE this is even a bug:
If the server sets a pragma: No-cache header, IE refuses to store the thing at all. Even if it calls another program to display the (non-existing) file.
Such headers are sent to prevent caching, not to prevent the browser to call a plug-in.

+++ Despite being wrong in every important aspect, that is a very good analogy +++
Hex (in Darwin's Watch)
 
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Thank you.

I have just do this test:
deleted all in Temporary Internet Files,
run a html file with content
<html>
test
</html>
goto Temporary Internet Files and found nothing in the file table.
 
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I don't know why. But I can imagine that not all files will be cached. It is probably fast enough to re-get such a file instead of caching it. If you want to know why the .swf files are missing, IE7 can be equipped with some plugin that shows the page headers. You may have to install some logging http proxy to do that.

+++ Despite being wrong in every important aspect, that is a very good analogy +++
Hex (in Darwin's Watch)
 
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Temporary files are not always kept where you might think - [google]Temporary Internet Files smoke and mirrors[/google]

Are you actually having some problem that needs to be resolved, or are you just curious?
 
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Just to add - most of those links relate to XP, and Vista is even more hidden.
 
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Thanks a lot.

What I thought is any thing must be downloaded and saved into somewhere in my hard disk before/after being displayed in the browser......If this is incorrect, do you know what types of files will be saved?
 
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Try a dir /s from command line, you will find a lot of surprises.

Cheers,
Dian
 
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Thank you.

I have just tried dir /s, but got no clue because it displays too many files....
 
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