# Alright, Just How Many #$%&@!! Temporary Internet Files Does IE Need?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 6, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-just-how-many-temporary-internet-files-does-ie-need/135507 "2002-11-06T04:56:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-just-how-many-temporary-internet-files-does-ie-need/135507/21 "2002-11-09T13:50:43Z")
**jjimm** , sorry for the delay in getting back but I am traveling and my internet access is extremely limited these days and I cannot do the tests I could do in my own computer. Anyway, I looked at a computer running IE6 and you are right, the files are stored in subdirectories under **windows/temporary internet files/content.ie5** (go figure). I assume it is the same in IE5. There certainly is an index file in that directory. I am quite certain earlier versions of IE used a common cache files but now I would want to double check as I have been absolutely certain of things which were later proved wrong. Anecdote: A few weeks ago I wanted to buy something online but the order would not go through so I called the vendor and they told me I needed to make a small change to my credit card info so I went online to my credit card and made the change and then placed the order. . . . . . or so I thought. A few weeks later I access my credit card account online trying to make the same change again but I cannot find the page so I call them on the phone and asked them where I could find that page. The guy told me it could not be done online but only by phone. Huh? I just did it a few weeks ago! Me (not accusing him but sort of musing to myself): So, You are telling me I am making this up in my mind, huh? Credit card guy (in an apologetic tone): Oh, I would never be so rude! Me: No, no, I did not mean it that way, just that, in fact, I am mistaken? him: yes. So, here I was absolutely certain I had done it and yet that was impossible. Later I concluded my mind had mixed up two things and what I had actually completed online was the order for the gadget but not the credit card thing. Sometimes our minds play tricks on us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-just-how-many-temporary-internet-files-does-ie-need/135507.md?page=1)