Deleting INDEX.DAT files

[tom]

Windows XP Cannot delete index.dat files get error
deleting file or folder cannot delete being used by
another person or program. Close any programs that might
be using the file. Any ideas as it is driving me mad,thanks

 

[Mike Mulligan]

Curious...why do you feel you need to delete the index.dat files?

Mike Mulligan

 

[Nancy]

A program called spider does the job, search google for spider.exe

 

[Nancy]

Probably for the same reasons as you do Mike.

Curious...why do you feel you need to delete the index.dat files?

Mike Mulligan

 

[Winux P]

Tom,

Try logging in with another account, an administor type account with
permissions to see and alter your stuff. Then you should be able to delete
index.dat from,

Documents and Settings\'your account'\Cookies
Documents and Settings\'your account'\History\History.IE5
Documents and Settings\'your account'\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Or wherever you placed these folders. Works for all the time...

HTH

Winux P

 

[djs]

Privacy is one very good reason to delete the INDEX.DAT files. Fixing
the occasional corruption that creeps in is another.

 

[djs]

x-no-archive: yes

Windows XP Cannot delete index.dat files get error
deleting file or folder cannot delete being used by
another person or program. Close any programs that might
be using the file. Any ideas as it is driving me mad,thanks

There are a variety of ways to accomplish this, the easiest being to use
a batch file with an "rd /s /q" command for the entire directories in
question, or a specific "erase" command for the individual index.dat
file(s). You would run this batch file from the "runonce" registry key.
Google isn't my middle name so I'll stop there.

Or you could use a tool for the job:

PurgeIE Pro
http://www.aandrc.com/purgeie/

 

[Mike Mulligan]

Privacy is not a reason to delete the index.dat files...unless you're
paranoid. File corruption may be a reason to delete the index files, but
that problem rarely occurs in Windows XP.

Mike Mulligan