index.dat files

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How do you remove index.dat files?
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Depends. The INDEX.DAT in TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES cannot be removed
while Windows is running, because the EXPLORER.EXE shell does use this
file.
 
CleanCache works as does IDSuite. You can also create your own .bat to clean
them as well as free up tons of disk space by activating options in the disk
cleanup utility that aren't normally active. To see what I mean go>start\run
and type in cleanmgr /sageset:99 and click ok now select the additional
options you want the diskcleaner to use. Highlighting some of them then
allows additional "advanced" features. I chose 99 as an arbitrary number. You
can use any you like. once you have chosen the additional options then
go>start\run and type in cleanmgr /sagerun:99 and there you go. You should be
careful cleaning out some temp filse as tons of applications stupidly keep
needed components in temp files. So before you completely clean them you
should do a search for any temp and note their paths and check what's in
them. Also Fred Langa has a little script you can write yourself or modify to
add extra cleaning power to your cleanmgr.
http://www.langa.com/cleanup_bat.htm
This can be a little hard for a beginner but with a little time and reading
you could recover Gigabytes of lost space.
 
'Ramesh [MVP said:
']Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

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Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


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How do you remove index.dat files?
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MS ARTICLE Q293402 DOESN'T WORK & POPULAR CLEANCACHE NEEDS .NET
BLOATWARE INSTALLED, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH COMPREHENSIVE CCLEANER
FREEWARE (HTTP://WWW.CCLEANER.COM). TO ONLY REMOVE THE INDEX.DAT FOR
EVERY USER ON AN XP SYSTEM:

1. Create text file C:\WINDOWS\WINSTOP.CMD which contains the
following:

:begin
if .%1==. goto loop
goto path

:loop
cd /d %AllUsersProfile%\..
for /d %%f in (*.*) do call %SystemRoot%\winstop.cmd %%f
exit

:path
cd %1
del Cookies\index.dat
del "Local Settings\History\index.dat"
del "Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat"
del "Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat"

:end
cd ..
2. Open your Scheduled Tasks control panel & add the new task to run
C:\WINDOWS\WINSTOP.CMD scheduled at logon.

3. Logoff & then logon again to activate the schedule. *
This will erase INDEX.DAT for all users each time you log on, or you
can disable the schedule & use it only as needed. Technically you are
logged on when this happens, although the folks at SpyBot maintain
these need a reboot to safely remove. (For some reason the Scheduled
Task works better than using logon/logoff scripts in Group Policy.)*
 
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