Restoring Functionality to the Downloaded Program Files Folder

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95

SUMMARY

The "Downloaded Program Files" folder contains functionality that enables you to easily uninstall ActiveX controls. When this folder is deleted, a new "Downloaded Program Files" folder is created the next time Internet Explorer downloads new program files. However, the newly created folder does not contain the functionality to easily uninstall ActiveX controls. This article describes how to restore this functionality to the new folder.

MORE INFORMATION

To restore the ability to easily uninstall ActiveX controls, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.

2. Type "cd\" (without quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

3. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

         cd <windows>\system
   

   where <windows> is the folder in which Windows is installed.

4. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

         regsvr32 /i occache.dll
   

5. Type "exit" (without quotation marks), and then press ENTER to return to Windows

Controls that were deleted with the original folder are listed with a status of Damaged. These controls should be removed because the associated files have already been deleted.

For information about ActiveX and how to removed ActiveX controls, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q154544
   TITLE     : Description of ActiveX Technologies

   ARTICLE-ID: Q154850
   TITLE     : How to Remove an ActiveX Control in Windows 95