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***This tutorial was written in/for Win98/98SE, but also applies to WinXP.  The boxes in the screenshots below will just different.....settings are the same.

It is important to keep your Cache Files (temporary files) cleaned out or you will get error pages or "page cannot be displayed" while surfing.

1.  Go to your desktop and right click on the Internet Explorer icon (big blue E).  The Internet Options box will pop up.  Click on Delete Files.  The 2 other buttons circled in red will be used in further steps. 
**You can also open this box by opening your browser (IE), click on Tools, then Internet Options.

2.  You should now have this box showing.  Click inside the small white square, then click OK

3.  Wait until the 'hourglass' goes away.  You will be back to box 1 (Internet Options).  Now click on the Settings button and this box will pop up.  Make sure there is NO 'dot' in Never.  Any of the top 3 are fine.  Now click on View Files.

4.  After clicking the Settings button, this window will open.  I have a green tablet icon next to the cookies, but you will likely see the windows notepad icon.  Go up to your toolbar and click File, then Select All.  Everything will be highlighted.  STOP here and read the **Note** below before deleting!

**NOTE:  If you do online banking, stocks, etc that require setting preferences on their websites, DO NOT delete those cookies.  After you have 'selected all', carefully look through the cookies, then hold down the CTRL key and click on the cookie(s) you want to keep and it will undo the highlight.**  When you are through selecting the cookies to keep, release the CTRL key.  Review your list before deleting.

Click on the big X on the toolbar (delete).  It will ask you if you want to send all files to the recycle bin......click yes.  Voila!!  Your folder is now empty and nice and clean.

5.  Click OK to exit the Settings box in step 3 and you are back to the Internet Options box again.

** Notes:

**Clearing History will clear all the url's you have typed into your address window in your browser.

**If you surf quite a bit, you should clear your Temp Internet Files at least once a day.  This will keep you from getting the "page cannot be displayed" error.  Also, if you visit a specific website often, it will enable you to load the newest pages by keeping this file clean. 

**You do not have to delete the cookies that often.  I usually clear mine 2-3 times a week.

**If you set a low number of days to keep History files, you do not need to clear this one very often.......I do it every month or so.

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