Clear you’re Cash

This always comes up when I create new Flash websites. I make changes to the site and my clients can’t see the changes. This happens because whenever you access the internet; records of visited sites are stored on your computers hard drive. The browser stores this information so that when you re-visit a site again, the pages will load faster. For instance, if a page contains Flash that causes you to wait until the page fully loads. While the page is loading, your internet browser is copying information concerning the Flash object to temporary folder on your hard drive. Now if you were to visit this same site the next day, you will notice that the page will load much faster. This is definitely a useful feature, but these temporary files can cause problems if they accumulate over a long period of time. Therefore, these details will show you how to perform a basic clean up of these temporary files on your hard drive.

Internet Explorer 6.0 now includes the new Delete Cookies button within its Internet Options window and its Delete Files button does a better job of really wiping out the Temporary Internet Files. If you’re not on Internet Explorer 6.0 or the new 7.0 I highly recommend that you upgrade. You can upgrade at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie

1. Open up the Internet Explorer browser in the manner that you usually do.
2. You can double click on the Internet Explorer icon that Microsoft adds to your Desktop or right click on the icon and select Properties. If you do this skip items 3 and 4.
3. Then you click on the word Tools, which is contained in your top tool bar area.
4. This will pull down a menu for you to now click on Internet Options.
5. In the center of the screen, click on the button entitled Delete Files.
6. Windows will ask if you want Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files folder.
7. You can place a check mark next to Delete all offline content to remove locally stored content.
8. When you are satisfied with your selection, click on the OK button to delete these Temp files.
9. This action will free up a decent amount of the Temporary Internet files on your system.
10. Now click on the newly added button entitled Delete Cookies.
11. Windows will ask if you want Delete all cookies in the Temporary Internet Files folder.
12. Click on the OK button to have Windows delete all of these Cookie files for you.
13. Now click on the Clear History button to clear out your recently visited page links.
14. When Windows asks if you want to Delete your history of visited Web sites, click on Yes.
15. Notice that there is an adjustment next to Days to keep pages in history:.
16. Adjust this setting to your personal preference. 5 - 7 days is usually sufficient for History links.
17. Then click on the OK button to save your changes and exit the Internet Options Window.

I hope this tip helps all of you that have problems with cashed web pages.

Reference: http://www.real-knowledge.com/browseup.htm