Need help: clear XP Photo Printing Wizard cache

[ProphetSix]

OK, title says it all. Tried Microsoft.com, google, no help.

Basically, if I get an e-mail with a photo attachment, and I open the attachement, it's opening with the Microsoft "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer". OK, no problem there. If I hit the print icon, it opens up the "Photo Printing Wizard". OK, sill good. The next page, it lists a bunch of photos from God knows where, and I want to clear them out of that window. I like to know where that list of photos comes from, 'casue I haven't printed most of them, and some I haven't seen in years. It's not mirroring my "My Pictures" folder, or any other photos-type folders. I can't see the rhyme or reason for the photos that are in that window. But, I'd like to know how to get rid of that cache.

Anyone have any ideas? Anyone? Anyone? Beauler? Beauler?

Thanks.

[QwertyJuan]

I'm pretty sure it gives you a list of ALL the photos in that folder.... if it is opening it up from a temp folder, then I think it gives you all the pictures that are in that folder as an option to print. Correct me if I am wrong guys.

QJ

[sarcastic6]

I'm pretty sure it gives you a list of ALL the photos in that folder.... if it is opening it up from a temp folder, then I think it gives you all the pictures that are in that folder as an option to print. Correct me if I am wrong guys.
Affirmative. Check \Documents and Settings\[you]\Local Settings\Temp -- I'll bet all those pictures you are seeing are hiding in there...

[ProphetSix]

OK, close, but not quite. But I see where you guys are going with this, and that's at least closer than where I was.

OK, I reopened an attachement from my e-mail, but I went to Photoshop instead, which at least gives me a proper "Save As" dialog box. Looks like the file was in:
C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLCKA. I think that last folder is a vairable. I cleared out the \Local Settings\Temp folder, and that didn't do it. I cleared out the \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files folder and all sub-folders next. That did it, but only "sort of". It removed the photos I had previously in the Printing Wizard, (which is good), but it found a new folder to display. It was fewer photos, and more receint, so, better, but not totally solved. It's still finding some cached folder somewhere, but I think you're right about it being in the Docs and Settings under my or another users' local settings, I just don't know where. (Or what for Microsoft decided to make this so fricking hard to figure out.)

Thanks for the assist so far guys. At least I know it has to do more with the e-mail cache than the photo/fax viewer or photo printing wizard settings. Question: is there a global Outlook clear cache button? I'm thinking that if I tackle it that way, that may do the trick.

[djnes]

This might not help, but there's a very common golden rule of e-mail, specifically with Outlook. Don't edit the files directly from the e-mail. Always save them to a directory you know of. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to see people at work open an office document, edit it, and then save it, all from within the e-mail, and then they can't seem to find it later on.

[ProphetSix]

Oh, I COMPLETELY agree with that one. If I could just get my 400 "children" at work to follow it....

You know the drill. They open an e-mail, it's a picture/photo, they print it. Oops, they viewed something they shouldn't, and now it's cached, and everytime they go to print another attachement, there's the file they don't want to see plastered on the screen for everyone who walks by to see. There's the real problem. I'm jsut curious as all hell as to how to fix it. I hate it when MS tries to hide stuff in the name of "convience".

[djnes]

Oh, I COMPLETELY agree with that one. If I could just get my 400 "children" at work to follow it....
Sadly, I know exactly what you mean.