Rundll32.exe command to disable the Internet Explorer cache is ineffective, in Windows Vista and later

Command line rundll32 is with "Inetcpl.cpl" and the EntryPoint ClearMyTracksByProcess widely used for Internet Explorer 7 will have no effect in Windows Vista and later. Because in Windows Vista and higher Internet Explorer two different cache containers, one for the protected mode and a different cache folder to store files managed, if located outside the protected mode Internet Explorer.

If a user delete the following command, the cache is running:

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl, ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Runs the command with a medium integrity and thus deletes only the cache folder for Web sites visited outside of protected mode. Rundll32 command is not entirely ineffective in Windows 7/Vista; It does it work is only partial. To completely clear the cache, you must run the same command again, but this time you run it in a low integrity level (programmatically). This is, what exactly does Internet Explorer when you try to delete the cache using the menu options. This is evident from the following image:

In order to achieve the same results on command line you can tool by Microsoft MVP Daniel Martin written and introduced in his recent blog post (in Spanish). I think the utility of CleanIETempFiles downloaded and I hereby reports observations.

This was the original size of TIF\Low (cache folder - protected mode)

I run the CleanIETempFiles.exe tool with the - t parameter (see ReadMe txt file in the downloaded archive for arguments.) to empty the temporary Internet files cache.

IE protected mode cache regularly successfully by this tool.

This tool does exactly what does IE if you clear the cache of the user interface. The same rundll32.exe command twice is a low-integrity, and one with medium integrity level running.

Understanding and working in protected mode in Internet Explorer

Clear IE cache utility

What is the Windows integrity mechanism?

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