Visual Basic :: Deleting The Temporary Internet Files Via Visual Basic... API ?

Deleting The Temporary Internet Files Via Visual Basic... API ?
Hi
Okay Problem: Deleting Temporary Internet Files within Visual Basic

kill command: kill c:path*.* will not work

When you use the dos prompt and change dir to the TIF directory
dir will show you no folders or files
Dir /a will however

There are many sub folders within the TIF Folder

Tried using code similar to what is below
The code will systematically scan every file in a directory and attempt to delete it if its name is not "." or ".."

====Being Code=====

Sub DelDir(DirName As String)
Const ATTR_NORMAL = 0
Const ATTR_DIRECTORY = 16

Dim OriginalDir, FileName, NextFileName As String

OriginalDir = CurDir$
ChDir DirName
FileName = Dir$("*.*", 0)
Do While FileName <> ""
Kill FileName
FileName = Dir$
Loop

Do
FileName = Dir$("*.*", ATTR_DIRECTORY)
While FileName = "." Or FileName = ".."
FileName = Dir$
Wend

If FileName = "" Then Exit Do
Nuke (FileName)
Loop

ChDir OriginalDir
' RmDir DirName
End Sub

====End Code=====

However this did not delete anything from the folder

Using "Step into" (F8) the code finds only "." and ".." to be contained within the TIF Folder and no further sub directorys or files are found and hence the procedure exits...

really need some help on this
Has to be an API that lets you do this simply right?

Any help would be great.
-thanks

.Phyte

Deleting Temporary Internet Files From VB
Hey guys,

I am having a little trouble in a VB program. I have to delete the Temporary Internet Files and clear the history all from within one program that runs when IE starts.

Could someone please assist me with how to delete the Temporary Internet Files from within VB?

Thanks,
Skylar

Deleting Temporary Internet Files
I am working on a program which purges my machine of identified virus files. Adware finds '.html' files occasionally in my 'Documents and settingsuser namelocal settingsTemporary Internet Files' folder. I have tried Kill and API DeleteFiles, but this folder seems to be read restricted unless I go directly to the folder in explorer and manually delete a file. I also tried using SetFileAttributes to 'normal' before trying to delete, with no success.

Another interesting item, is that if I open a file from within the temporary internet files folder and then try to resave it to a different name, its existing folder shows as 'cookies' rather than temporary internet files. Explorer does not show 'cookies' as a folder, so there are games being played to hide this folder it appears.

Anyone know how to approach this?

Thanks in advance.

Deleting Cookies In Temporary Internet Files
I need to know how I can delete the cookie pointers found in the Temporary Internet Files (TIF) Folder. I am using VB

Real Easy Question {Deleting Temporary Internet Files}
Just a quickie, why doesn't this work?

Code:
If Internet.Value=1 Then
Kill("C:Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%Local SettingsTemporary Internet Files*.*")
EndIf

Me._Emotionstate = "Confused"

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How to Build an Exe that Erases files From Temporary Internet Files and Clears Cookies using win API

Temporary Internet Files
i know this as been asked plenty of times but i cant seem to find a sure way of deleting the temporary internet files. does anybody know ?

thank you.
casey.

Temporary Internet Files Help
Hello

I am currently working on a program and i have come across a problem, I am using Visual Basic 5.0 and i need to delete all the files in the Temporary Internet Files dir which is:

C:Documents and SettingsUser_ProfileLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Files

I am using Windows Xp, And this is the code that i am trying to use but it dosent work:

kill "C:Documents and SettingsUser_ProfileLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Files*.*"

Please Help

Temporary Internet Files
Hi all.
I need a quick way to go through the folders

C:WindowsTemporary Internet Folders and
C:Windows Local SettingsTemporary Internet Folders

to delete all files of type "???"

I've written a normal file system object and also recurse folders to delete the files, but for some reason it doesn't work.
I can do MS FindFiles and there are more than 10000 files.

When I do my loop, it finds less than 100 files.

But I did a msgbox('folder.path') msgbox to confirm that all folders were being recursed and gone through and they are.
so why won't it find all those files?

If you know a shortcut or sth I'm doing wrong, please share.

That's Win98.

Thanks

Wengang

Internet Temporary Files
i noticed internet explored saves the internet temporar files to a folder, i found it in my hard drive, but i can't seem to be able to access them using path ... i mean...if i put <temporary internet files dir>/<filename> it says he cant find it but it's there..i tryed puting instead the <filename> the <cachename> but it seems that isnt working too...there gotta be a way of doin this..any ideas..?

Temporary Internet Files
Hi,

How can I get the contents of Temporary Internet Files to show in a Dir box?

I know the location of Temporary Internet Files varies between computers, e.g. depending on the version of Windows and the directory it was installed to, and so I am aware the value is stored in the Registry at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders

However, in the case of XP (and possibly other NT OS's) it is:

%USERPROFILE%Local SettingsTemporary Internet Files

Now, typing that in the Address Bar of My Computer/Windows Explorer, it displays the folder correctly, however if I type

VB Code:
Dir1.Path = "%USERPROFILE%Local SettingsTemporary Internet Files"

I get a Path Not Found error.

Any suggestions?

Temporary Internet Files
is there any way of stopping an xls file that is being downloaded many times going into this folder??

if not how can i delete it?

Temporary Internet Files
Does anybody know how to read the internet address of a file which is in the temporary internet files directory from vb??

Temporary Internet Files
Does someone knows why there are 3 folders below the "Temporary Internet FilesContent.IE5" ie 8XUHWVY5,KA6YIAJF,HTJLOLYS and why there are gif and jpeg files not visible in the "Explorer" but only through the "Find Files and Folders"

Temporary Internet Files
hello, i was jest wondering if anyone knew of an easy way of deleting your temporary internet files [including cookies], or even if you know how to clear your history on ie5. any help would be appreciated, thanx

Temporary Internet Files
I go on control panel, go on internet options, and put block all cookies.
The next hour I go back there again and, somhow, I see "Accept all cookies" there.
It is very annoying because my temporary internet files keeps filling up.
So I tried looping all the files in there with vb6 and deleting them, but with no luck.
The directory is :
c:Documents and SettingsDavidLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Files
Antbody knows how to clear the temporary internet files from vb6?
I have good antivirus, I am fully virus scanned and I have good firewall as well. I dont know why this keeps happening. all I want is some Api function to clear it.
Thanks for all help

Edited by - Maltadav on 9/11/2007 10:23:48 AM

Temporary Internet Files
Hi

i am trying to delete all the files in the folder
"Temporary Internet Files" by code

i tryed to use 'dir$' and 'kill' functions but it is not working

i am trying to access the explorer and activate the button 'Delete Files..'

any idea ???

limor

Temporary Table Under Visual Basic
Hello yall.
I know when programming under Delphi that you can declare in your codesource temp table wich are stored in the memory on the local machine.You use the table then when you don't need it you remove it from memory.That's great!
My problem is that i can't find anywhere a tutorial that shows me how to declare and use temp table under vb.I don't even know if it is possible,i guess it must be but can't find infos.
If someone can help me this would be great.
Thanks in advance

HOW TO: Generate Temporary Internet Files
I'm using URLDownloadToFile to download several .htm files off of the internet. Performance is increased if I have already visited these sites. Since I know the exact URLs that I will be visiting, I'm wondering if I can generate these Temporary Internet Files before beginning the download process.

Delete Internet Temporary Files
My project requires deleting Internet Temporary Files at a certain stage. Codings used are shown below. Strangely enough, the coding [sFiles = Dir$(sPath & "*.*")] failed to get any file from that special folder. Nothing was returned, though there are files in the folder, including *.txt. To verify [sFiles = Dir$(sPath & "*.*")], I changed sPath pointing to another ordinary folder and it works OK.

Can anybody help? Any suggestions are welcome?

Codings in module:

Code:
Public Const CSIDL_IETEMP = &H20 'IE TempFiles

Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation Lib "shell32.dll" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, _
pidl As ITEMIDLIST) As Long

Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, _
ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

Public Function fGetSpecialFolder(CSIDL As Long, hWnd As Long) As String
Dim sPath As String
Dim IDL As ITEMIDLIST
fGetSpecialFolder = ""
' Get the path from the ID list, and return the folder.
If SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hWnd, CSIDL, IDL) = 0 Then
sPath = Space$(MAX_PATH)
If SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal IDL.mkid.cb, ByVal sPath) Then
fGetSpecialFolder = Left$(sPath, InStr(sPath, vbNullChar) - 1) & ""
End If
End If
End Function
Codings in Application :

Code:
Dim fso As Object
Dim sPath as string, sFiles as string
sPath = fGetSpecialFolder(CSIDL_IETEMP, frmEquity.hWnd)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sFiles = Dir$(sPath & "*.*")
Debug.Print sPath, sFiles
Do While sFiles <> ""
If UCase(Mid(sFiles, InStrRev(sFiles, ".") + 1)) <> "TXT" Then fso.DeleteFile sPath & sFiles
sFiles = Dir()
Loop

C:WindowsTemp & Internet Temporary Files
i need to erase everything in these files:
C:WindowsTemp
and
C:WINDOWSTemporary Internet Files
i cant just Kill ("DIR*.*")
because C:WindowsTemp has Sub directorys so it wont kill everything,
I tried using RMDIR and then MKDIR again to remake it, but i cant because it has subdirs,
i cant Kill ("C:WINDOWSTemporary Internet Files*.*") either because,,, well... it wont let me!, and i cant RMDIR it and then MKDIR it again,,, cuz it wont let me!
GUAHAHAHA,,,,,
please help?

Copy Temporary Internet Files
hello all, any one konws how to copy Temporary Internet Files to other locations? the FileCopy function does not work ..

thanks

How Do I Delete From Temporary Internet Files!
iv tried the address at the top when you open temporary internet files followed by the file name but all i get is file not found but i know it is deffinitly there, can someone tell me how to find the real location of files in the temporary internet folder, thanx!

Dir Function And Temporary Internet Files
Is there a way to obtain the content of the Temporary Internet Files folder and then suppress it, it doesn't seem to work using Dir and Kill function under Windows 98

Dir Function And Temporary Internet Files
How can I obtain the content of the "C:WINDOWSTemporary Internet Files" folder using the Dir function. I’m creating a small application to get rid of every cookie on my system, which is working good for every folder I’m asking to. But when comes time to have a look at the Temporary Internet Files folder, the Dir function returns me an empty string, even though the folder contains hundred of files.
Is there another way to identify and erase the files from this precise folder? ( the Kill function isn’t working as well )

Thanks

Temporary Internet Files - UNRESOLVED
Firstly...

How can i delete the users temporary internet files and internet history when the user clicks to do so.... any idea's on code?

Secondly...

Anyway i can detect what OS's the user is running... makes a big difference as regards file locations etc.

Regards,

Paul.

Browsing Temporary Internet Files
I've searched this forum and I can't seem to find anywhere how to list the temporary internet files in a filelistbox. It doesn't have to be this way exactly. I just need a list of the files there with the path to them, not the web page their associated with. I'm trying to find a good way to preview the files left in the temporary internet files folder. Explorer doesn't provide image previews, nor does it suggest opening the files from where they are. Any ideas?

How To Empty Temporary Internet Files
how can I delete ALL files and cookies in 'Temporary Internet Files'

I tried kill "c:........Temporary Internet Files*.*"

but i got the run time error 'File not found'

any help

Cookies And Temporary Internet Files
I've done a search and cant seem to find the answer to this 1. Here the situation.

I use a web service on a regular basis, but under two different log ins, 1 for home and 1 for work. the web cookie is overwritten each time on log onto the other account with my new details, so i i move the cookie to another folder and swap them so that the right 1 is in the windows emporary internet files folder at the right time.

I cant seem to move the files with vb to automate the change over, can any1 suggest a solution for me please.

Thanks in advance.

Killing Temporary Internet Files
Killing Temporary Internet Files:

Why does the Kill "C:WINDOWSTemporary Internet Files*.*"
statement not work. I have used this statement for other
directories to kill files but in this directory it has problems.

I have also have problems with Dir command to look at files
in this directory. Is there something special in this
directory preventing these commands to look at or remove
files.
Thank you,
doug@evansville.net

I have not tryed RmDir() because I want to keep
that dir. for Internet Explorer.
doug,

Writing To Temporary Internet Files
Is there a trick to writing something in the temporary internet files folder in windows 95? Is there a way to do this through vb?

Scanning 'Temporary Internet Files'
Hi VBcitizens,

I wanted to list my 'Temporary Internet Files' dir, I used this file search module made by Metallisoft for a while wich worked perfect in other projects, but now that I did a search in the 'Temporary Internet Files' dir it only turns up one file as result, wich is called 'desktop.ini', tough if I browse to the dir it is full with files and I even don't see any 'Desktop.ini file, altough the result gives the next full path;

C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Filesdesktop.ini

Scanning the 'Temp' dir folder works normal, but not the 'Temporary Internet Files' dir.

Anyone knows why or how i can solve this?
Thank at front.

Temporary Internet Files.. Why Is This Happening??
Ok, for some odd reason, I can't delete all the files located in the temporary internet files folder, so instead, I delete all the files located in the temporary internet files subfolder: Content.IE5

Even though I do this, and the file names in Content.IE5 pretty much match the file names in the main temporary internet files folder, the files in the main temp folder aren'T deleted and I can't seem to find out how to delete them. I don't want to delete them using API, I want to delete them using the file system object or kill statement or something cuz I also wanna manipulate the files before deleting them.
Any ideas???

How To Delete Temporary Internet Files?
My problem: Does anyone know how to either, delete files from the Temporary Internet Files Catalogue whenever a user logs out of a site, or prevent files from being saved in that cathalogue, using SSL?

How To Delete Temporary Internet Files?
How to delete Temporary Internet Files?

How To Open A Picture From Temporary Internet Files
I would like to load a picture that is the temp internet files folder.
I have tried to laod the picture the normal way, using the path:
C:Documents and SettingsPeanutman.REINOUTLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Filesfile.jpg

but vb says it can't find the file. No matter what file i try, vb can't open any of them.

Is there something else i have to do to open the file?

Please help,
Reinout,

Save Stuff To Temporary Internet Files
Hi!

Is it possible to save data to the Temporary Internet Files folder using VB? I am making a program which downloads some CD covers from Amazon and I would like to place these into that folder.

Sebastian

How Can You Delete Your Temporary Internet Files In Windows XP?
I've read up on some threads on how to kill directorys and stuff but maybe I'm just stupid. I've tried using

Kill "C:Documents and SettingsDavidLocal SettingsTemporary Internet Files"

However, it keeps giving me an error stating, File Not Found. Maybe because it's a system file or a hidden file? Could someone please point out what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

Empty Temporary Internet Files Folder
This may sound easy, but sadly enough it isn't.

I wrote a little tool to empty temp and temp inet folders, but it doesn't delete all temporary internet files on the currently logged in user account, and I think I found out why.

There seem to be two types of temp inet files: Some are in their folder structure in the folder Content.IE5 and can be deleted, but I found that a lot of them are stored inside one file called index.dat which cannot be deleted.

Is there any way with VB6 to look inside the index.dat file?
If not, is there a way to automatically empty the temporary internet files WITHOUT using the normal way in the Internet Options?
My tool should do it all by itself...
Unless there is a way to have VB6 open the wizard and control it and close it when it's done...

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

How Can I Determine Where The Internet Temporary Files Folder Is?
hello,

how can I determine where the internet temporary files folder is
on the user's computer using vb?

thanks

Load Image From 'Temporary Internet Files'
Hi

How can i load imges(.gif, .jpg, etc) in a image control from Temporary Internet Files.

Delete File From Temporary Internet Files
I have a auto update checker for my program.. it downloads the file to its directory and then opens it.. after it is done it will kill it. but when you test it again (and the file has changed online) it will not download it and just give the previous downloaded version because it is still in the temporary internet files directory. How can i delete a file from that directory? (must work on all windows versions except for 3.11 :P )

How To Show Temporary Internet Files In A Filelistbox
I need to list all the files in the temporary internet files dir I tried whats below but the list is empty

Private Sub Form_Load()
File1.Pattern = "*.*"
File1.Path = "C:WINDOWSTemporary Internet Files"
End Sub

Any Ideas on what i'm doing wrong?

Delete Cookies In Temporary Internet Files
I am able to delete cookies in the cookie folder, but how do you delete the cookies in the Temporary Internet Files? I have a list box with all cookies in it from the cookie folder. When a user hits delete, the selected cookie will be deleted from the cookie folder. I also want to be able to search the temporary Internet Files Folder and delete the same cookie from there. How do I do this??

Thanks

How Can You Open IE Temporary Internet Files In A Program?
I have been able to get a list of the IE temporary internet files and cookies with FindFirstUrlCacheEntry and FindNextUrlCacheEntry with Wininet.dll, but still do not know how to actually open or manipulate the files in a program. Please post if you know how to do this. Thanks a lot!!!

*RESOLVED* Temporary Internet Files Folder - (Where Is It ????)
I am trying to work with the Windows temporary internet files folder. When I use the "Dir" Function I keep getting a "" string. I KNOW IT IS THERE! There must be something special about this folder. (I am trying to delete the contents) Is there some special API call that is needed? (I am a NOOB at API's)

Thanks,

Puffgroovy

Edited by - Puffgroovy on 2/16/2005 7:11:03 AM