I am new to Red Hat Linux.

The other day I downloaded some files from the internet. The download manager placed them in the Filesystem "tmp" folder.
I determined that one of the files was 330 megabytes and the other were about another 76 Megabytes.

When I attempt to view the folder, I get a dialog box asking if I want to cancel the operation. The folder does not open.

I tried copying the folder to the desktop and was able to do this and only five files appeared in the folder... none of my downloads appeared there.

Question:
1.- how do I view the contents of the folder?
2.- Can I fix this problem?

I have rebooted the server several times, no change in tmp file access.

I tried to delete folder, system will not allow this. I am experiencing a small problem, "fooling" with this folder sort of wipes out the desktop - eventually it is restored after I tell the system to restart the Nautilus.

Any suggestions.... By the way I downloaded the files on another machine.

You probably need root access do delete those downloaded files. And do not delete entire folder, just the files you downloaded, it is safer that way.