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Where are the index.dat files?
Posted by Sal on June 22nd, 2008


A few days ago I booted up in safe mode and deleted the following
index.dat files:

%userprofile%\Cookies\index.dat
%userprofile%\local settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat
%userprofile%\local settings\temporary internet files
\Content.IE5\index.dat

Windows has not yet recreated those files. Is this something to be
concerned about?

Posted by Kelly on June 22nd, 2008


Info here:
http://www.codeode.com/privacymantra...dat/index.html

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Posted by Sal on June 22nd, 2008


On Jun 22, 10:58*am, "Kelly" <ke...@kelly.com> wrote:
Poor choice of words on my part. Instead of asking "Where are they" I
should've asked "Why weren't they recreated"? I know where they're
supposed to be located. In the past whenever I deleted them Windows
would recreate them on the next normal boot-up. But not this time.
What happened?

Posted by Sal on June 22nd, 2008


On Jun 22, 11:38*am, Sal <h...@softcom.net> wrote:
Nevermind, I made the mistake of not using the "/a:hs" switch on my
"dir" command at the cmd prompt. Thanks for the info just the same.


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