Cannot Select File in Temporary Internet Files Folder

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are viewing files in the Temporary Internet Files folder within Internet Explorer 3.0 by clicking Open on the File menu and then clicking Browse in the Open dialog box, the files do not appear. Changing the Files Of Type entry from HTML Files to All Files displays the files, but double- clicking a file does not cause the file name to appear in the File Name box. The only way to view one of these files is to use the right mouse button to click the file, and then to click Open on the menu that appears.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the files that you see in the Temporary Internet Files folder are not actually in that folder; they reside in hidden cache folders in the Temporary Internet Files folder instead. Using the context menu (the menu that appears when you use the right mouse button to click a file) works because you are selecting the file in its location in one of the cache folders. You cannot view the hidden cache folders from within the Windows 95 graphical user interface (GUI), but you can view them from a command prompt.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.