Cookies and index.dat

[Guest Walter R.]

After I delete all of my cookies in the Docs and Settings folder, I am left

with a file called index.dat. It has 592kb.

 

Does it serve any useful purpose? How can I delete it? XP won't let me.

 

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Walter

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[Guest PaulM]

Re: Cookies and index.dat

 

Read: Index.dat file--What is Index.dat file ?

http://www.acesoft.net/delete_index.dat_files.htm

 

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"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message

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> After I delete all of my cookies in the Docs and Settings folder, I am

> left with a file called index.dat. It has 592kb.

>

> Does it serve any useful purpose? How can I delete it? XP won't let me.

>

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> Walter

> http://www.rationality.net

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>

[Guest - Bobb -]

Re: Cookies and index.dat

 

 

"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message

news:uMFd5xsiIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> After I delete all of my cookies in the Docs and Settings folder, I am

> left with a file called index.dat. It has 592kb.

>

> Does it serve any useful purpose? How can I delete it? XP won't let me.

>

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> Walter

 

Try CrapCleaner. Great program - small in size - and it's FREE. Lots of

useful stuff in it - very handy. Not just cookies ... temp files, old apps

in registry etc. Also rather than just DELETING your wastebasket ( which

leaves the data physically on the drive but " not seen " by windows) , you

can choose to overwrite deleted data x number of times ......

http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10315544.html?tag=lst-1

Install it. Choose to offer wastebasket settings ( checkboxes during

install).

Right-click on wastebasket - open - to check off things you'd like cleaned

up. ( Cookies, temp files,etc)

It will show you what it is about to do. You can elect to uncheck items or

not - up to you.

 

Once you have done that a few times and have your settings tuned the way

you like, you can then just right-click and RUN. It'll purge all the stuff

you choose. ( All of your previous checkboxes checked)

 

When it's new you might want to backup as you go ( it will offer to

"Backup before Purging?") until you get comfortable with it. SO if you

find you deleted something that you might need, you can restore it. ( I've

never had to restore anything though.)

 

Bobb

[Guest Bob]

Re: Cookies and index.dat

 

 

You can delete it from a command prompt.

 

Note: This works in Vista. I haven't tried it in XP but it will probably

work with XP as well.

 

Close all open programs.

Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Cookies\

Type attrib -s -h -r Press Enter.

Type del index.dat Press Enter.

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"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message

news:uMFd5xsiIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> After I delete all of my cookies in the Docs and Settings folder, I am

> left with a file called index.dat. It has 592kb.

>

> Does it serve any useful purpose? How can I delete it? XP won't let me.

>

> --

> Walter

> http://www.rationality.net

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