Retrieve Flash Movie In IE7 Cache Folder Of Windows Vista

Earlier of February, I wrote a guide on saving flash video from Youtube, FLURL, etc. The trick is to locate the flash video (file with FLV file extension) from the Internet Explorer cache folder.
That works fine except for protected-mode IE7 of Windows Vista!
If you’re using IE6 SP2 or IE7 in Windows XP, you can easily find the flash video or picture files in the IE cache folder without much problem. But, if you’re viewing web pages with a protected mode of IE7 in Windows Vista, additional steps or tricks are required to locate and save the cached copy of flash video that stored into a low privilege Internet cache folder.

What’s protected mode in IE7 running on Windows Vista?

Protected mode in IE7 is a new security feature introduced for IE7 of Windows Vista edition only. Protected mode is not available to Windows XP edition. When Internet Explorer running in protected mode, the browser is essentially running as low privilege process and disallow the browser to write or read in location other than the low privilege Temporarily Internet Files folder (i.e. cache folder, temp folder, cookies folder, and history history)!

Having say that, the IE7 will be functioning exactly as a web browser, that cannot be hijacked by malware or malicious scripting code to place virus or spyware (such as keylogger or trojan) to the startup folder, the vulnerable Windows registry, or any part of the Windows Vista file system!

How to identify Windows Vista IE7 is running in protected mode?

1. The IE7 status bar (the bottom-most of IE7) will display the browsing zone and protected mode status. For example, it will display as Internet | Protected Mode: On if you’re currently browsing this web page.
    
2. Click the IE7 Tools menu, follow by Internet Options menu, click on Security tab. In the Security Level For This Zone, there is a check-box labelled as Enable Protected Mode. If it’s checked, protected mode is turned on.

How to turn off Windows Vista IE 7 protected mode?

1. If you turn off Windows Vista User Access Control (UAC).
    
2. If you’re running IE7 of Windows Vista with elevated privilege (with Administrator privileges). To run IE7 with elevated privilege, right-click IE7 icon in the Start menu or Quick Launch toolbar, and click the Run As Administrator option in the pop-up context menu.
    
3. IE7 is browsing web pages inside trusted-zone or web pages (written by you) stored in local hard disk or storage media. However, if the web page was saved from un-trusted zone, such as Internet, which has Protected Mode enabled, then IE7 of Windows Vista will be running in protected mode as well!
   

How to locate and save flash video from low privilege cache folder when Windows Vista IE7 running in protected mode?



Assuming that the IE7 cache folder or Temporarily Internet Files folder (TIF) is in default installation location, you can open an elevated Windows Vista Command Prompt and execute these commands at C: drive.

cd %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low
start .

and jump to step 3. Otherwise, follow these steps from step 1

1. Click on the IE7 Tools menu and Internet Options, follow by clicking the Settings button of Browsing History section
    
2. Click on the View Files button to open the IE7 Temporarily Internet Files folder (i.e. cache folder, or TIP).
    
3. Click on the Organize drop-down menu of Windows Explorer (located at the top-left corner by default)
    
4. Click on Folder and Search Options menu, follow by the View tab
    
5. Double-click to expand the Hidden Files And Folders sub-options. Click Show Hidden Files And Folders to turn this option.
    
6. Two lines below it, there is another option called Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended). Unchecked the check-box to turn off this option.
    
7. Click Apply and OK to close the Folder Options dialog box.
    
8. Press ALT+D or click the blank area of Windows Explorer Address Bar where the IE7 cache folder path is displayed and append \low\content.ie5 to the IE7 cache folder path (see picture below) followed by pressing ENTER key.
    
9. The protected mode IE7 caches most web contents in sub-folders of \low\content.ie5 path. Drill down to each alpha-numeric folders to locate and copy the FLV Flash video, pictures file (jpeg, png, gif, etc), etc.

^{The location of protected mode IE7 cache folder that storing YouTube video (FLV flash video) in Windows Vista}

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