Internet Explorer Connection (.con) Files Not Removed

ID: Q153445

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 2.01, 3.0, 3.01, 3.02a for Windows 3.1

SYMPTOMS

For each connection icon in Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1, a corresponding .con file is created. However, when you delete a connection icon in Windows 3.1, the corresponding .con file is not removed automatically.

CAUSE

In Windows 3.1, the act of deleting an icon cannot trigger another action such as deleting a corresponding file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Internet Explorer listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

These files are numbered in the sequence in which they were created. For example, for the first connection you create, a file named Con0000.con is created, and so on. These files contain information specific to the connection.

KBCategory: kbtool KBSubcategory: msiew31 Additional query words: 2.01

Keywords          : msiew31 kbfaq
Version           : 2.01 3.0 3.01 3.02a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: August 31, 1997