# IE Cache

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-cache/204619>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-cache/204619 "2003-09-30T02:58:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-cache/204619/1 "2003-09-30T02:58:45Z")

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I went to a website and it complained the cached version I have is corrupt. It told me to delete my IE cache files and try again. I don’t mind cleaning up my IE cache once in awhile, so I go to “Tools - Internet Options - Temporary Internet Files - Delete”. My IE stuck forever in the hour-glass. So I exited all my IE windows, found the IE cache on my C: drive and deleted the files manually. Some of the files refused to be deleted. Why?

IE 6.0.28…, Windows XP Pro.

(Thanks in advance for any ideas / comments you have.)

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-cache/204619/2 "2003-09-30T21:47:37Z")

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Any ideas? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-cache/204619/3 "2003-10-01T09:26:15Z")

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Try restarting a couple of times then repeat the cache clearing routine - sometimes works. I’ve noticed that occasionaly it can take a very long time to delete cookies etc.

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-cache/204619/4 "2003-10-01T19:49:07Z")

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OK thanks. I just thought it was really odd the way these files were acting. First of all, when I delete a bunch of them XP doesn’t prompt and ask if I want to really delete these files, like it does for any other file I delete. Secondly, some of the files refuse to be deleted, with no error message stating why.