index.dat files

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Deenon

The index.dat files on my pc are too large. How does one
clean this up in Windows XP?
 
Deenon,

The index.dat files (and there are most likely quite a few on your machine)
keep a record of all URL's visited and image names (from pages you've
viewed). Emptying your cache, temp IE files, etc., does not clear out this
index (I believe).

There's a easy to use program called Spider that will display the contents
of the index.dat file, and allow you to delete the contents (only the beta
version allows that). Go here: http://www.fsm.nl/ward/

In addition, there are a TON of programs out there that will do the same
thing. A quick search on google should produce many results.

Good luck,

Patrick Pitre
 
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