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"There was a time when CCleaner "marked for deletion" and then got zapped - and immediately recreated by Windows.
I believe they now have the contents "vacuumed" in situ."
I had to investigate the contents. It appears you are correct
that the contents get deleted ("vacuumed") but not the empty
files themselves.
I would like to state, that I don't feel comfortable with that
arrangement. Can that empty filespace be wiped with the
filename still in place?
"and then got zapped"
If you understand how the IE cache works, yes, they would be
zapped but they were needed files, so new ones would be created
by Windows. Those are data files that contain necessary
information (URLs)for the IE cache to function. (Unless you
choose privacy mode).
I'd like to know why the decision to delete the contents was
decided over the deletion of the entire file?
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"How can you tell ?"
New, empty Index.dats are 16KB to 65KB, depending on location.
"Does it matter ?"
Depends. No program that claims to clean the items that CCleaner does
would be complete without cleaning ALL index.dat files. The ones I
listed are hands-down the most important. I use CCleaner rather than
a bunch of individual Windows cleaning apps because it is "one-click"
cleans all. I expect all. If you don't expect everything to be
cleaned, especially when you place a checkmark next to the item, then
you think differently than anyone I know.
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Have you installed IE9?
That seems to be a common complaint of IE9 causing
bold/large and/or ClearType problems. Both in
programs and websites.
You might browse Microsoft Answers/Internet Explorer
forum if the solution isn't found here.
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Vista Ultimate/IE9
CCleaner v3.05.1408
I can't say if there are other places that CCleaner isn't deleting
files but checking several times, these Index.dat files are not
being deleted on reboot.
C:\Users\UserAccount\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5\Index.dat
(Currently over 835KB)
C:\Users\UserAccount\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Index.dat
(Currently at over 3,200KB).
C:\Users\UserAccount\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Index.dat
(Currently over 81KB)
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Just recently downloaded/installed:
CCleaner v3.04.1389
Vista Ultimate/IE9
IE9 installed March 14, 2011
Was using older version of CCleaner and with IE9, it would
not keep me signed-in to websites even though it worked fine
with IE8.
New version keeping me signed in but doesn't clean Temporary
Internet Files and Index.dat in this location:
C:\Users\ -User Account-\AppData\Local\temp\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies,History,TIF were all moved recently, not sure if related to
IE9 or to new version of CCleaner. Old location was here:
C:\Users\ -User Account-\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\
Temporary Internet Files
When you access TIF through Internet Options, everything is deleted,
except for cookies designated to keep:
C:\Users\ -User Account-\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
Internet Files
Items checked off for cleaning with CCleaner Under:
Internet Explorer heading - everything checked
except saved passwords
Windows Explorer heading - everything checked
System heading - everything checked down to and
including Windows Log Files
Advanced heading - two items: Old Prefetch Data and
Custom Files And Folders.
Let me know what steps to follow to fix.
CCleaner v3.05.1408 not deleting Index.dat
in CCleaner Bug Reporting
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Although, CCleaner empties the files of content, I used Linux to delete the three I mentioned originally. I just feel better seeing the new Index.dat files with the smaller sizes. Thanks for the additional information.