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What is Internet Explorer Metro?

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Overview

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How do I clean Internet Explorer Metro?

Internet Explorer Metro may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Internet Explorer Metro
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If you want to clean Internet Explorer Metro manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are thirteen locations in the file system where Internet Explorer Metro stores data that can be cleaned. Additionally, Internet Explorer Metro stores private data in one registry key.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Internet Explorer Metro, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry key:

1. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_ROOT from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Local Settings.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand Windows.
   • Expand CurrentVersion.
   • Expand AppContainer.
   • Expand Storage.
   • Expand windows_ie_ac_001.
   • Expand Internet Explorer.
   • Right-click DOMStorage.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Internet Explorer Metro and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Internet Explorer Metro that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
2. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir /s {folder}\AC\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
3. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
4. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
5. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
6. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
7. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
8. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir /s {folder}\AC\INetCache\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
9. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
10. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\AC\INetCookies\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
11. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
12. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\AC\INetHistory\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
13. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
14. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\AC\AppCache\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
15. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
16. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\AC\Temp\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
17. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
18. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\AC\PRICache\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
19. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
20. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\LocalState\Cache\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
21. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
22. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\LocalState\navigationHistory\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
23. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
24. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
25. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Packages\windows_ie_ac_*
26. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\TempState\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.

Once you have identified the files stored by Internet Explorer Metro that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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