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Everything you want to know about Temporary Internet Files on Vista

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What are Temporary Internet Files?

Temporary Internet Files folder contains web page content that is stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. Temporary Internet Files allow Internet Explorer to download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a web page, instead of downloading all the content for a page every time it is displayed - so, the purpose of Temporary Internet Files is to speed up the loading of websites that you visit frequently by keeping copies of the web pages and graphics on your computer.

Although storing Temporary Internet Files makes web browsing faster as it usually takes your computer less time to display a web page when it can open page's elements or even the entire page from your local Temporary Internet Files folder, Temporary Internet Files content can threat to your privacy because everyone who has access to your computer can see some personal information by simply opening Temporary Internet Files folder - what videos you've watched, what pictures you've seen, where you've been online and more.
Another reason is that as you surf the Internet, Internet Explorer writes a large number of temporary files (images, videos, etc) to your PC hard drive so that when you visit that web site again, the page will load faster. While this is very usedul if you spend lots of time surfing the Internet, the amount of space used up can grow pretty large. Files stored in your Temporary Internet Files folder take up space, so from time to time, you may want to clear Temporary Internet Files to free up some space on your computer and improve the speed and performance of your browser.
You can delete Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer manually, clear Temporary Internet File in Internet Explorer automatically when you close it or use special software Clear All History to permanently delete Temporary Internet Files.
To protect your privacy and speed up your computer performance, you should delete Temporary Internet Files regularly.

The safest way to delete your personal information and Temporary Internet Files on Vista is to use special software.
Clear All History helps you permanently delete Temporary Internet Files, different Internet History tracks, Windows history tracks, etc from your PC making it impossible to restore delete information

How to delete Temporary Internet Files on Vista
How can I change Temporary Internet Files size on Vista?
How to find view Temporary Internet Files on Vista?
Where is Temporary Internet Files Folder located on Vista?

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How to delete Temporary Internet Files on Vista

If you need fast and easy way to delete Temporary Internet Files on Vista, you can use Clear All History that helps you delete Temporary Internet Files (including Temporary Internet Files index.dat) and other history tracks in seconds.
If you want to delete Temporary Internet Files on Vista manually, use instructions below:
• Select "Tools"
• Select "Internet Options".
• Open the "General" tab.
• In "Browsing history" area click the "Delete" button.
• In "Delete browsing history" window click "Delete files"
•Then click Yes, and then click Close.

Note: even if you delete Temporary Internet Files Folder content, Temporary Internet Files index.dat still exists. This file can't be deleted manually as it is locked by Windows.

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How can I change the size of Temporary Internet Files Vista:

To increase/decrease amount of space for Temporary Internet Files on Vista:
• Click the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
• The Internet Options dialog window will appear.
• OPen the "General" tab.
• In the "Browsing history" area, click the "Settings..." button.
• In the "Temporary Internet Files and History Settings" window, in "Disk space to use" field, enter the amount of disk space used by the Temporary Internet Files folder.

Note: If you set the amount of hard drive space for Temporary Internet Files folder too high, you may be retaining outdated information. But on the one hand, if maximum size of Temporary Internet Files folder is too low, it slows Internet Explorer as it doesn't let you store many web sites in the Temporary Internet files folder.

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How to find and view Temporary Internet Files on Vista?

To find and view Temporary Internet Files on Vista:
• Click the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
• The Internet Options dialog window will appear.
• OPen the "General" tab.
• In the "Browsing history" area, click the "Settings..." button.
• In the "Temporary Internet Files and History Settings" window, click the "View Files..." button. The new window displays all of the Temporary Internet Files stored on the computer and their location on the local hard drive. The window also displays the URL each temporary file came from.

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Where is Temporary Internet Files Folder located on Vista?

Location of Temporary Internet Files folder on Vista:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\
Note: on your computer the Windows directory may be on another disk

Please read the following FAQ to find answer some frequently asked question such as: How to empty Temporary Internet Files Folder on Vista, Temporary Internet Files location Vista, How to delete Temporary Internet Files on Vista, How to change Temporary Internet Files settings on Vista, How to change disk space for Temporary Internet Files for Vista and more...

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