Thanks for your help.

How can I exclude the Temporary Internet Files folder from the user profile?

A. By default the storage area for temporary internet files is "%systemroot%\Profiles\<user>\Temporary Internet Files", and if you implemented roaming profiles then these files would count as part of your profile taking up valuable server space. To change the location from the browser perform the following: Start Internet Explorer Select "Internet Options" from the View menu Select the General tab Click the Settings button Click the "Move Folder" button Click Yes to the confirmation dialog Select the new location and click OK You will need to restart the machine for the new location to take effect Alternatively you could create a reg file to manually update the following registry values and include it as part of a logon script HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1\CachePath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2\CachePath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3\CachePath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4\CachePath HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Cache HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Cache An example .reg file would be REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1] "CachePath"="E:\\TEMP\\Cache1" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2] "CachePath"="E:\\TEMP\\Cache2" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3] "CachePath"="E:\\TEMP\\Cache3" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4] "CachePath"="E:\\TEMP\\Cache4" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "Cache"="E:\\TEMP" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Cache"="E:\\TEMP" Make sure you use 2 \'s. This would set the cache area to e:\temp however you could change this to anything you want. Save the above as cache.reg and run as regedit /s cache.reg Netscape does not store temp files under the user profile (if you are interested it is stored in the registry location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Users\<user>\DirRoot ;-) ).

Justyn

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Changing the IE Temp.Internetfiles location during a session could work for IE4x but will not work for IE5x..!! The change will only work after a Reboot..!!

This is what I use in the logonscript.

code:

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; Change Cache settings InternetExplorer 4.x/5.x
:ChangeCacheIE
MD "C:\TEMP\IECACHE"
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Content","CachePath","C:\TEMP\IECache","REG_SZ")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Content","CacheLimit","25600","REG_DWORD")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths","Directory","C:\TEMP\IECache\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5","REG_SZ")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","SyncMode","3","REG_DWORD")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings","SyncMode5","3","REG_DWORD")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Url History","DaysToKeep","10","REG_DWORD")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders","Cache","C:\TEMP\IECache\Temporary Internet Files","REG_SZ")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders","Cache","C:\TEMP\IECache\Temporary Internet Files","REG_SZ")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content","CacheLimit","25600","REG_DWORD")
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_USERS\@SID\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Url History","DaysToKeep","10","REG_DWORD")

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To Be Of Service..,
Fabian.
-----------------Paranoia is reality on a finer scale-----------------

I found it:

code:

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 ;  Win9x/WinMil/WinNT Workstations
WRITEVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache","Persistent","0","REG_DWORD")

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To Be Of Service..,
Fabian.
-----------------Paranoia is reality on a finer scale-----------------

[This message has been edited by Fabian (edited 03 December 2000).]

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Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Note: The directories will still exist on each workstaion, they just will not get copied up to the server when the users log out. So you will want to delete the same directories off of your server or else they will keep being downloaded each time the users logon.

Here is the code that I use.

code:

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; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;
;  Prevent Certain Folders from Uploading to Central Profile.             ;
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;
WRITEVALUE ("Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", "ExcludeProfileDirs", "Temporary Internet Files;Desktop;History;Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files;Local Settings\Temp;Personal;Start Menu", "REG_SZ")

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;
;  Delete Certain Folders from the Central Profile.                       ;
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\Temporary Internet Files"
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\Desktop"
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\History"
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\Local Settings\Temp"
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\Personal"
SHELL  "%ComSpec% /C RMDIR /S /Q \\YourServer\Profiles\" + @USERID + "\Start Menu"

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Rick

[This message has been edited by rick_coughlin (edited 22 December 2000).]

[This message has been edited by rick_coughlin (edited 22 December 2000).]

del /S /Q /F "%USERPROFILE%\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" > nul
del /S /Q /F "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" > nul

This seems to have done the trick. Simple but affective.

Cheers again.

Justyn

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Imagination is more important than knowledge.