IE-ClearingCache

##AH - Adil Hindistan - IE

IE9 Clearing Cache - Options

User Command:
rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess {SomeNumber}

Preserve Favorites website data
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Temporary Internet Files (Temp)
Cookies
History
Download History
Form Data
Passwords
ActiveX Filtering and Tracking Protection Data
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# Caputured numbers below via Process Explorer. It seems that both 264 or 8 (=264-256) do the same thing.
Temp............. = 264 (or 8)     
Cookies.......... = 258 (or 2)
History.......... = 449
Download History. = 16640
Form Data........ = 272
Password......... = 288
ActiveX Filtering and Tracking Protection data = 2304


TEMP + Cookies = 266
TEMP + History = 457
TEMP + History + Cookies = 459
History + Cookies = 451

Downloaded History + Temp = 16648
Downloaded History + Temp + Cookies = 16650
Downloaded History + Temp + Cookies + History = 16843
Downloaded History + Temp + Cookies + History + Form Data = 16859


Preserve Favorites website data = 8448
Preserve Favorites website data + Temp  = 8456
Preserve Favorites website data + ALL = 27131

Uncheck (Preserve) + Check ALL options below => creates two processes with flags 18939 & 23035
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# Browsing History
rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1 

Clear TemporaryInternet Files
rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Clear Cookies
rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

Clear both Cookies and Temporary Internet Files
rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 10

NOTE THAT browser will hang on to some (open/locked) files to show you the current pages, if it has any pages open. Once the browser is closed, those files will be deleted as well!

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## Above commands are meant to be run interactively; no use in system context
psexec -s \\ComputerName cmd
C:\>powershell -command "& {$users=gci c:\users\; foreach ($user in $users){if (test-path c:\users\$user\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\){gci c:\users\$user\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\Temporary*\* -force}}}"


    Directory: C:\users\adil\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\Temporary
    Internet Files


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d--hs         6/23/2014   3:09 PM            Content.IE5
d--h-         2/20/2013   1:10 PM            Content.MSO
d--h-         2/20/2013   1:25 PM            Content.Word
d----         6/23/2014   2:59 PM            Low
d--h-         2/20/2013  11:28 AM            Virtualized
---hs         6/23/2014   2:59 PM         67 desktop.ini

## Super Hidden folders above. They do not seem to show up even when Folder options to show hidden files, folders and drivers are selected in Windows 7


## On Windows 8.1, "Temporary Internet Files" folder is a junction point (for backward compatibility)

>dir /a D:\Users\adil\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
 Volume in drive D is Win8
 Volume Serial Number is 346F-A723

 Directory of D:\Users\adil\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows

06/23/2014  02:50 PM    <DIR>          .
06/23/2014  02:50 PM    <DIR>          ..
04/28/2014  11:15 AM    <DIR>          INetCache
09/23/2013  11:49 AM    <JUNCTION>     Temporary Internet Files [D:\Users\adil\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache]