LKBEN10820: How to configure the Internet explorer to delete the temporary Internet files after closing.


Symptom

You want to use less disk space.

Cause

The temporary internet files of the Internet Explorer should not be saved.

Solution

Normaly when you close the Internet explorer the temporary internet files are beeing saved. If you want to deaktivate this feature you have to change a registry key. You have to search for the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache". Under this key there has to been the entry "Persistent". If you change this value to 0, the temporary internet files won't be saved if the Internet Explorer is closed.

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.

Latest update: 05.10.2020 | Comment: