Solve : Deleting Temp. Internet Files?

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Answer» I'm running Windows XP Home, and I have Google Desktop installed. When I was using Google to search something on the Web, I noticed my Google Desktop results were a LOT bigger than they should have been. I tried searching another word within Google Desktop and hundreds of files came up as search results. Where are these files being kept? I delete my Temp. Internet Files and cookies on a regular basis using going through my Internet Options and deleting them that way, but there is a cache of files somewhere on my computer that I can not find :-?. Does anyone have any idea where I can start to look to eliminate these files that are just taking up space? Thanks, in advance.Give CCleaner a try.Okay. I downloaded CCleaner, ran it, and it did get rid of a bunch of stuff, but i think it was more recent stuff than anything. When I ran another Google Desktop search, it came up with a bunch of of old e-mails and web PAGES stored, containing the keyword i searched for, in a cache somewhere that I can't find. I can remove the files within Google Desktop, but the files/web pages remain unchanged wherever they are.I haven't used Google Desktop. Doesn't it show the location of these files? If not, right click on Start, select Search, and try to find some of those files Google Desktop is finding. Do those webpages found on your computer look familiar? Are you using any spyware cleanup tools?Set Windows Explorer to 'show hidden files & folders' then Use the Windows Find function to search for the files. Edit: Do what Shouvik soybean says. LOL.Shouvik???It's 6.30 am here. Quote I haven't used Google Desktop. Doesn't it show the location of these files? If not, right click on Start, select Search, and try to find some of those files Google Desktop is finding. Do those webpages found on your computer look familiar? Are you using any spyware cleanup tools? All Google Desktop does is displays an item that is related to the search you performed. It then lists how many e-mails, files, and history items are stored on the computer that relate. All the pages and files in QUESTION are familiar, but these webpages are from earlier this year. I use Ad-Aware to clean up stuff every so often. I'll try Fed's suggestion and let you know.Okay. I set my Explorer View to show all hidden files and folders, did a couple of searches for a couple of the keyowrds, and still nothing. I UNINSTALLED Google Desktop because it really wasn't doing much anyways. I don't know.

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I'm running Windows XP Home, and I have Google Desktop installed.

When I was using Google to search something on the Web, I noticed my Google Desktop results were a LOT bigger than they should have been.

I tried searching another word within Google Desktop and hundreds of files came up as search results.

Where are these files being kept? I delete my Temp. Internet Files and cookies on a regular basis using going through my Internet Options and deleting them that way, but there is a cache of files somewhere on my computer that I can not find :-?.

Does anyone have any idea where I can start to look to eliminate these files that are just taking up space?

Thanks, in advance.Give CCleaner a try.Okay. I downloaded CCleaner, ran it, and it did get rid of a bunch of stuff, but i think it was more recent stuff than anything. When I ran another Google Desktop search, it came up with a bunch of of old e-mails and web PAGES stored, containing the keyword i searched for, in a cache somewhere that I can't find.

I can remove the files within Google Desktop, but the files/web pages remain unchanged wherever they are.I haven't used Google Desktop. Doesn't it show the location of these files? If not, right click on Start, select Search, and try to find some of those files Google Desktop is finding.

Do those webpages found on your computer look familiar? Are you using any spyware cleanup tools?Set Windows Explorer to 'show hidden files & folders' then Use the Windows Find function to search for the files.

Edit: Do what Shouvik soybean says. LOL.Shouvik???It's 6.30 am here. Quote

I haven't used Google Desktop. Doesn't it show the location of these files? If not, right click on Start, select Search, and try to find some of those files Google Desktop is finding.

Do those webpages found on your computer look familiar? Are you using any spyware cleanup tools?

All Google Desktop does is displays an item that is related to the search you performed. It then lists how many e-mails, files, and history items are stored on the computer that relate.

All the pages and files in QUESTION are familiar, but these webpages are from earlier this year.

I use Ad-Aware to clean up stuff every so often. I'll try Fed's suggestion and let you know.Okay. I set my Explorer View to show all hidden files and folders, did a couple of searches for a couple of the keyowrds, and still nothing.

I UNINSTALLED Google Desktop because it really wasn't doing much anyways.

I don't know.

Solve : Deleting Temp. Internet Files?

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