I clean out my temp files under options every week, & every few weeks I clean out the temp files in windows explorer under windows. that is when i noticed these four folders, under temp int. files. when I clicked on temp file another folder opened labeled contents IE5. Those four odd named files listed with nothing in them. When I clicked properties, it said they were DOS files with over 2000 files in each. I have cleared temp files everywhere but these won't go away. If I try to delete them, I get that error message: could impact windows or another program so I left them! Jan : Fri, 2 Jun 2000 04:46:25 -0400 > >Sorry, that was my mistake. It is in windows explorer that you get the >folder options. What I have noticed is that the files you see in these >folders are the same files that you see in the Temporary internet files and >when you clean out your Temporary files these folders empty out at the same >time. I just did that and this is what happened. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://nospin.com/rode