Restoring Functionality to the Downloaded Program Files Folder

ID: Q174925

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98

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

6 Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart, and then click OK.

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

Additional query words: 4.00 4.01 5.0 5.00

Keywords          : kbenv kbui msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,5,98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999