23-09-2001, 05:14 PM
BH
This is a common alternative location to the more usual c:\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\ that is home for the notorious indes.dat file.
Are you sure that the address was as you typed in your post as it is usually found at C:\windows\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\index.dat I have found this location in win98 but not in Win95. Both adresses are usually present but only one will be actively accumulating data in the dat file. The trick is to know which one!
I made up a boot floppy and batch file to auto-delete Index.dat in all common locations in Win95, Win98 and Win2000. It's quick and easy and sure beats fiddling about at the DOS prompt. Takes just a couple of minutes whenever I decide to clear my computer of all this rubbish.
Regards
John
This is a common alternative location to the more usual c:\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\ that is home for the notorious indes.dat file.
Are you sure that the address was as you typed in your post as it is usually found at C:\windows\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\index.dat I have found this location in win98 but not in Win95. Both adresses are usually present but only one will be actively accumulating data in the dat file. The trick is to know which one!
I made up a boot floppy and batch file to auto-delete Index.dat in all common locations in Win95, Win98 and Win2000. It's quick and easy and sure beats fiddling about at the DOS prompt. Takes just a couple of minutes whenever I decide to clear my computer of all this rubbish.
Regards
John
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