Conflict between IE 8 and Disk Cleanup
Hi, The following folder needs to be present in order to allow for printing from within IE 8 :C:\users\Username\Appdata\local\temp\low This folder also needs the following setting :/setintegritylevel (oi)(ci)low My problem is as follows : - With one of the 2 users on my machine, the folder C:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\low is deleted each time that Disk Cleanup is ran. - That makes printing from within IE 8 impossible (even the page-preview shows empty pages) - The solution is to run the following command manually in order to repair the situationIcacls C:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\low /setintegritylevel (oi)(ci)low I have filed this problem already during the beta and during the RC of Windows 7 32 bits, but there has not been paid attention to it. Now I have the released version of Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bits installed on my machine and I still have to repair the situation each timethe particular user dares to do a Disk Cleanup. This is very annoying : - Id appreciate a reaction from MS about this issue and why it has not been taken into account during the beta and the RC. - Id like to receive a solution to this problem (it has become urgent by now).Regards Picsoe
November 30th, 2009 3:31pm

The easiest fix would be to stop using Disk Cleanup and switch to another cleanup program like CCleaner, then you would have very good control of what gets deleted via a Include and Exclude list.Rich
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November 30th, 2009 6:39pm

The easiest fix would be to stop using Disk Cleanup and switch to another cleanup program like CCleaner, then you would have very good control of what gets deleted via a Include and Exclude list. Rich I don't agree with that.Disk Cleanup is an MS application and it should work properly - not deleting things that are needed by their own other applications.Regards Picsoe
November 30th, 2009 7:17pm

The easiest fix would be to stop using Disk Cleanup and switch to another cleanup program like CCleaner, then you would have very good control of what gets deleted via a Include and Exclude list. Rich I don't agree with that. Disk Cleanup is an MS application and it should work properly - not deleting things that are needed by their own other applications. Regards Picsoe You are absolutely correct things should work correctly but they don't. Use CCleaner or the freeware Advanced Systemcare that has many tools in it including a privacy and desktop cleaner amongst tons of other tools like smartram, smartdefrag, diskchecker, security checker. etc etc. I have been using these both since June under beta (now release) and they have never let me down.
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November 30th, 2009 7:22pm

Most of the users are not like us.1 - They do not go on the web-forums to see what the origin of their problem might be and what the solution might be- they just notice that printing is broken2- they do not know about CCleaner or the alike3- they use the MS programs like Disk Cleanup (that came with their OS) in good faith and then they suddenly cannot print from withinIE anymore- the do not know why- they do not make the link with the crappy Disk Cleanup- they are simply in deep trouble because they cannot print anymore from within IE ( and they feel that the newest Windows is again not reliable).That is why MS should repair this (fast) in the first placeBut I am afraid that they do not read these forums, or that do not really care about the problems that we have with their products (they should).Regards Picsoe
December 1st, 2009 11:55am

I agree, many bells and whistles in an OS used to be only available as 3rd part apps that slowly over time make in into OS's, any OS. In years past, 3rd party application developers would go out of business once the majority of their software was incorporated into the OS. One good example is the defragger. Long time ago this was not even standard in Windows and you had to go externally to find a solution. Another was QEMM, the great memory manager in early computers, back when Windows 3.0/3.1 was out. Once newer OS's came out, they started to have sophisticated memory management and utilization procedures to make apps like QEMM running before the OS booted, obsolete. The basic functionality of an OS needs to be solid, the other abilities it has like disk cleanup is not a priority for them to make excellent. They should, but they don't. We are fortunate tho to have so many 3rd party developers that can supplement these bells and whistles to actually help round out the OS as a whole. In future OS's, this will be true as well, I'm certain of it. In the bigger scheme of things, I am just glad this OS does its core abilites well and simpler things that can create problems are best handled by us doing our part to let Microsoft know these fail at this part and let them know we would like a solution. I am sure they will address this issue, but not by reading a forum to find it. You must be proactive and actually call Microsoft and not only get solution to this problem without resorting to using 3rd party apps but also to let them know they need to create a hotfix for this problem. State your intent in the call if its that important to you. Its a very noble thing to want to make sure others do not have this similar problem. If your going to add a new feture to an OS at least make it work right, not half-____. One great example in Windows 7 of a new feature thats half-____ is the Memory tester that you select before booting into the OS. This ridiculously simple tester is laughable. Yes, it will tell you your memory may be bad but why, is completely impossible to tell. All Microsoft had to do was show what timings and voltage this tester is testing the memory at. Two simple pieces of information displaying could tell you right away, AHA, my timings are off that's why they are failing. Not that the chips are physically damaged. Think of all the people that will be returning their good memory back to the supplier where there is nothing wrong with the chips just the timings are incorrectly set to cause it to fail working in conjunction with the motherboard and processor.
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December 1st, 2009 9:34pm

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