Delete Index data

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How can I find the Index data for the Cookies and IE6 files , I am to
manually delete them
Thanks
Bob
 
Robert McEvoy said:
How can I find the Index data for the Cookies and IE6 files , I am to
manually delete them
Thanks
Bob

Hi Bob,
You can search for them by this name *index.dat* and you can delete them
then the on reboot the system will recreate them for you.
Some of them here:
C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\Cookies = index
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Cookies = index
C:\Documents and settings\User\User data = index
C:\Windows\Temp\Cookies =index
C:\Windows\Temp\History = index
C:\Windows\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
HTH.
Regards,
nass
 
Nass I believe that I have boot to the command prompt and do it under the
covers of windows
and the reboot will create them automatically
I had done it under 98 , but never tried it in XP
Bob
 
Yes Bob that right otherwise some of them will be difficult to delete while
in windows so starting with the command prompt is the way.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/del.mspx?mfr=true

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

delete c:\windows\Temp\Cookies\index
delete c:\windows\Temp\History\index
delete c:\windows\temp\temporaryinternet files\Content.IE5\index
delete c:\documents and settings\administrator\index
delete c:\documents and settings\user\cookies\index
and so on using the recovery console or the command prompt you will be able
to delete the index file.
HTH.
Regards,
nass


Robert McEvoy said:
Nass I believe that I have boot to the command prompt and do it under the
covers of windows
and the reboot will create them automatically
I had done it under 98 , but never tried it in XP
Bob
 
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