WINDOWS TRUE HIDDEN FILES
--ACRONYMS-- DOS = Disk Operating System, or MS-DOS MSIE = Microsoft Internet Explorer TIF = Temporary Internet Files (folder) HD = Hard Drive OS = Operating System FYI = For Your Information 1)SEEING IS BELIEVING No. Enabling Windows Explorer to "show all files" does not show the files in mention. No. DOS does not list the files after receiving a proper directory listing from root. And yes. Microsoft intentionally disabled the "Find" utility from searching through one of the folders. Oh, but that's not all. To see for yourself simply do as you would normally do to clear your browsing history. Go to Internet Options under your Control Panel. Click on the [Clear History] and [Delete Files] buttons. (Make sure to include all offline content.) So, has your browsing history been cleared? One would think so. These are the names and locations of the "really hidden files": c:\windows\history\history.ie5\index.dat c:\windows\tempor~1\c...