B
Bill in Co.
Has anyone else noted this weird and annoying TIF problem, due to some
apparent corruption of the index.dat file after visiting some web sites?
Specifically:
After visiting some web site, all of a sudden you apparently "lose" most of
the TIF files, and all of the cookies, as it appears when viewing them
(under "Internet Explorer, Temporary Internet Files, Settings, View Files",
and also under windows explorer), BUT the files ARE really still there on
the hard drive, it's just that the "index.dat" file mysteriously seems to
track of MOST of them? (I have verified that by swapping out the
index.dat file just before and just afterwards).
And the apparent drop can be really significant, like going from 3000 total
files (including cookies), to perhaps only 100 or 200 total files (with no
cookies being shown anymore), as seen in IE.
Specifically, and as just one example, which seems to be consistent for me,
when I go to the Wikipedia site, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, and
lookup (for example), Joseph Campbell , (and use Go on their site), right
after that, the IE - TIF cache *total file count* appears to drop
*dramatically*, and all the cookies have mysteriously disappeared when
viewed there in IE (even though they are really still present on the hard
drive, and can still be seen in the cookies folder with windows explorer).
apparent corruption of the index.dat file after visiting some web sites?
Specifically:
After visiting some web site, all of a sudden you apparently "lose" most of
the TIF files, and all of the cookies, as it appears when viewing them
(under "Internet Explorer, Temporary Internet Files, Settings, View Files",
and also under windows explorer), BUT the files ARE really still there on
the hard drive, it's just that the "index.dat" file mysteriously seems to
track of MOST of them? (I have verified that by swapping out the
index.dat file just before and just afterwards).
And the apparent drop can be really significant, like going from 3000 total
files (including cookies), to perhaps only 100 or 200 total files (with no
cookies being shown anymore), as seen in IE.
Specifically, and as just one example, which seems to be consistent for me,
when I go to the Wikipedia site, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, and
lookup (for example), Joseph Campbell , (and use Go on their site), right
after that, the IE - TIF cache *total file count* appears to drop
*dramatically*, and all the cookies have mysteriously disappeared when
viewed there in IE (even though they are really still present on the hard
drive, and can still be seen in the cookies folder with windows explorer).