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Why are my Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and History folders are located in the Temp folder?

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Why are my Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and History folders are located in the Temp folder?

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This is a consequence of damaged index.dat files. When Internet Explorer cannot read one of the index.dat files from the standard locations, usually C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings, it will create new folders under the Temp folder.