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  1. FYI- Using XP and IE7 Open command prompy type in following: dir c:\index.dat /s /a h s (if windows is installed on c:) To create a text file of this in the root dir of c:\ type: dir c:\index.dat /s /a h s >c:\idotdat.txt Results are as follows: 1. C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Cookies\ Can Open With notrpad.exe Client UrlCache MMF Ver 5.2, 16,384 bytes 2. C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\ Can NOT open or view with "Windows Explorer.exe" even if set to show hidden and systems files and folders. 3. C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ Can Open With notrpad.exe Client UrlCache MMF Ver 5.2, 32,768 bytes 4. C:\Documents and Settings\Current User\Cookies\ Can Open With notrpad.exe Client UrlCache MMF Ver 5.2, 16,384 bytes 5. C:\Documents and Settings\Current User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\ Can NOT open or view with "Windows Explorer.exe" even if set to show hidden and systems files and folders. 6. C:\Documents and Settings\Current User\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\ Can NOT open or view with "Windows Explorer.exe" even if set to show hidden and systems files and folders. 7. **C:\Documents and Settings\Current User\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012007042320070424\ Can NOT open or view with "Windows Explorer.exe" even if set to show hidden and systems files and folders. 8. C:\Documents and Settings\Current User\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ Can NOT open or view with "Windows Explorer.exe" even if set to show hidden and systems files and folders. Total Files Listed: 8 File(s) You can not go by file size to see if the file is empty. 1. Browse the Internet to fill up IE with data. 2. Run Analyze with CCleaner shows only one index.dat (with Version 1.38.485 or 139.502) Even with options set to "Show detailed log of Internet Explorer temporary files" #7. **C:\Documents and Settings\Current User\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012007042320070424\ 3. Run Cleaner doesn't show any index.dat as being cleaned. Even with options set to "Show detailed log of Internet Explorer temporary files" Running FREE "index.dat analyzer" shows data in HISTORY- Current User http://www.systenance.com/indexdat.php You can also use FREE "Super Winspy" to examine some of the index.dat files. http://www.acesoft.net/winspy/ I have only found booting with a floppy or a CD that runs a batch file that deletes these files to be the only possible solution so far. Windows XP protects these files, Vista is even more protective. This is a sick joke but a friend said "Maybe CCleaner should be called CDuster" I STILL LIKE THIS PRODUCT!! I just hope the next version improves.
  2. Wondering if others are seeing this problem. I ran CCleaner 1.39.502 with ALL Windows options ckecked, the CCleaner window after the run shows the current user cookies index.dat as marked for deleation. After a reboot I ran index.dat analyzer and under the Location drop down select cookies-current user. All the URL's are listed meaning current user cookies index.dat was not cleared. I ran Eraser 1.82 and the index.dat is clear after a reboot as viewed with index.dat analyzer. I uninstalled CCleaner 1.39.502 and installed 1.38.485. I then went back on line to let some the index.dat file be loaded with more stuff, ran CCleaner with ALL Windows options ckecked, again after runnng CCleaner shows the current user cookies index.dat as marked for deleation. But after another reboot index.dat analyzer still shows URL's in the current user cookies index.dat. The history-current user and cache-current user index.dat's are empty. Running XP-PRO SP2 with all updates from Microsoft.
  3. Hi, I have the same problem. I put a post in the main CCleaner Discussion area, I should have put it here. I did a "Google" search for "vista index.dat" and got about 214,00 hits. Below are some of the better ones that give information. Microsoft went to considerable lengths to "protect" us. http://www.pcmesh.com/windows-vista-index.dat-1.htm http://www.purgeie.com/indexdat.htm http://www.acesoft.net/delete_index.dat_files.htm I am not affiliated with nor do I recommend any software that might be listed in above sites. I have not used or bought any of the software listed, but the pages provide good information. I am just looking for answers to better understand Vista. XP is looking better right now. I am sure CCleaner developers will resolve this issue, it is a superior product. I am just a student who refuses to use Vista to do my online classes at this time. I use an old PC my friend gave to me, running XP. Knowing now what I did not know then, I would have bought a laptop for school without Vista and I would be using XP instead. But since I have Vista I will wait for fixes. I will not buy another copy of XP. It is NO ONES business to see what sites I visit. Yet another freedom we are having taken away in the name of security.
  4. Thought you guys might like to know this. Have any of you seen this type of result? I had two different PDF reader programs installed on an old PC, Foxit PDF Reader and Adobe Acrobat 8. I uninstalled Acrobat 8 (it ran too slow on old PC) and ran issues, like I do after every uninstall. It listed .pdf as an unused file exyension. I used the back up registry feature and ran fix issues. It appears that that registry entry was tied to Acrobat 8. Everything ran fine after that with Foxit Reader. I had the registry backup just in case. Sounds like the description of unused is too general and too vague, unused by a now non existing application. Foxit is FAST, by the way.
  5. Interesting articles on Vista index.dat. http://www.pcmesh.com/windows-vista-index.dat-1.htm http://www.purgeie.com/indexdat.htm
  6. 1. I am running Vista Home Premium and CCleaner 1.38.485. After running cleaner, and typing www.cc as in CCleaner I guess the auto complete kicks in and offers www.CCleaner.com. This doesn't happen on my old PC running XP PRO SP2 and the same version of CCleaner. Shouldn't that be cleared? 2. I have been told Vista doesn't use index.dat files. How or where does Vista keep index.dat type of data? Does CCleaner clean it?
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