Index.dat?

[Eric]

What is the index.dat file and how is it used by Windows? I can't find much
on the MS web site on it and was looking for something a little more
in-depth if anyone can help.

Thanks

 

[roger]

Hi,

What is the index.dat file and how is it used by Windows? I can't find much
on the MS web site on it and was looking for something a little more
in-depth if anyone can help.

Thanks

Index.dat--What is Index.dat File ?
http://www.acesoft.net/delete_index.dat_files.htm

Good luck

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Free program for viewing and removing Index.dat files.
Index.dat Suite
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/support/idsuite.asp

 

[Eric]

Yes, this did help me see what the files store. How is this file different
from the temporary Internet files? How is this indexing different than what
IE normally does? I guess I just want to know what I'm dealing with before
I go and delete it

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Eric,

I have not found one definitive work or monolog or what have you
on Index.dat files. I have a lot of different stuff but have not combined
them into any coherent form. Deleting them does no harm. They just
get recreated at reboot and start filling up with useless stuff again.

This is what IE normally does. Creates and fills up Index.dat files.
A newly created one starts as 16 or 32 KB and grows.

C:\DOCUME~1\WESLEY~1.VOG\LOCALS~1\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\index.dat 128 KB {This one will die when I reboot}

C:\DOCUME~1\WESLEY~1.VOG\LOCALS~1\History\History.IE5\index.dat 96KB

C:\DOCUME~1\WESLEY~1.VOG\LOCALS~1\History\History.IE5\MSHist0120040609200406
10\index.dat 48KB
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Here are a few to get you started.

Index.Dat Files and Primary I.E. Folders
http://www.purgeie.com/indexdat.htm

Index.dat--What is Index.dat File?
http://filext.com/faq/idx/0/027/article/

Index.dat--What is Index.dat File?
http://tinyurl.com/22c29