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Re: How users can clear the OLKEA folder

Author
25 Mar 2009 6:36 PM
John Reid
Brian Tillman wrote:

> Open Command Prompt window and enter the following:
> cd %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet FIles
> dir /a
>
> You should then see the OLK folder.  Remove it with:
> rmdir /q /s OLKEA

Brian and others,
you can avoid using the command prompt ("DOS") by
copying the Temp Internet Files folder to another folder
(on your hard drive) which causes the hidden folders to
be viewable from that folder. Then you can simply append
their names (one at a time) to the Temp path in Windows
Explorer in order to see & delete those nasty folders.

For example, here I have appended OLK7:
C:\Documents and Settings\johnreid\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\OLK7
(you have to have the exact name because wild
cards won't work here - you can't use OLK*)

--Good Ol' John--


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John Reid

Author
26 Mar 2009 3:24 AM
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
The olk folder is frequently regenerated, so you may need to do this often.

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"John Reid" <John.Reid.3pm***@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> wrote in
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>
> Brian Tillman wrote:
>
>> Open Command Prompt window and enter the following:
>> cd %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet FIles
>> dir /a
>>
>> You should then see the OLK folder.  Remove it with:
>> rmdir /q /s OLKEA
>
> Brian and others,
> you can avoid using the command prompt ("DOS") by
> copying the Temp Internet Files folder to another folder
> (on your hard drive) which causes the hidden folders to
> be viewable from that folder. Then you can simply append
> their names (one at a time) to the Temp path in Windows
> Explorer in order to see & delete those nasty folders.
>
> For example, here I have appended OLK7:
> C:\Documents and Settings\johnreid\Local Settings\
> Temporary Internet Files\OLK7
> (you have to have the exact name because wild
> cards won't work here - you can't use OLK*)
>
> --Good Ol' John--
>
>
> --
> John Reid
Author
26 Mar 2009 11:30 AM
Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]
"John Reid" <John.Reid.3pm***@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> wrote in message
news:John.Reid.3pmk29@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au...

> you can avoid using the command prompt ("DOS") by
> copying the Temp Internet Files folder to another folder
> (on your hard drive) which causes the hidden folders to
> be viewable from that folder. Then you can simply append
> their names (one at a time) to the Temp path in Windows
> Explorer in order to see & delete those nasty folders.

You can also simply redirect the Outlook Secure Temp folder with the registry
key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\vv.v\Outlook\Security and
leave Temporary Internet Files where it is.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]