index.dat files removal

ok, anybody care to enlighten me how to delete these files? i went all the way to super basic safe mode, and i cannot access, rename, delete or modify the file.

i dont have anything to hide, but i am learning more and more about Windows based operating systems, and i want to control these files, as opposed to the files having control.

i only have one file, but i understand its in 2 other places besides "cookies" ?

any help would be great.

OS is XP64, and i have a XP32 machine that is old as dirt.

thank you.

 

wow, super fast reply, i thank you. i will Google CCleaner.

 

thank you, i dont let firefox save any of my data.

 

very cool, i have Malwarebytes already too. i did download cclean, will play with both later today. be cool to see what is removed from the registry.


thank you.

 

found this online, these are the locations of index.dat, its redundant copies of the same info as far as i can tell. somebody went through alot of trouble to be able to see everything you do online.


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Index.dat files keep a record of every website you have ever visited and the one in the Content.ie5 folder just keeps growing and growing. It's OK to delete the Index.dat files as windows will created new empty files after rebooting.

Open Notepad and type the following:

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UserData\index.dat"

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Cookies\index.dat"

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat"

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\UserData\index.dat"

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Cookies\index.dat"

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat"

Del "C:\Documents and Settings\Local Service\Cookies\index.dat"

You can download this file by clicking HERE. Unzip it, right click the file and choose Edit from the menu to edit the file.

In this example, the username is Administrator. Replace Administrator with your username. You will need to add any additional users to the script.
Do not confuse All Users, Default User, LocalService or NetworkService as being users.

In notepad Save the file with the file name "IndexDat.cmd" (with the quotes). Your file should now be named IndexDat.cmd. It should not be named IndexDat.cmd.txt.

Copy the IndexDat.cmd file to the following folder:

C:\Winnt\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown

or

C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown



depending on where you operating system resides.

So IndexDat.cmd should now be in the Shutdown folder.

Now go to Start & Run and type in gpedit.msc and click OK. Open up Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Scripts (Startup/Shutdown) and double click Shutdown. Click the Add button and browse to the IndexDat.cmd file in the Shutdown folder. Highlight the file, click Open and OK twice. Every time you shut your computer down, it will wipe out the index.dat files.



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i saved this as a text file, and need to find it again to give credit to the owner.


edit : her eis the link to the page with this info : http://www.compu-docs.com/indexdat.htm


seems these are the only files that need to be deleted? as opposed to the others on the list?

\Cookies, \History and \TIF.

 

http://download.cnet.com/Index-dat-Analyzer/3000-2144_4-10564321.html


anybody have any experience with this?

i read a few forums that did not have good things to say about CCleaner , but i am still learning and i was a bit lost as to what the heck the issues actually were.


nevermind, i read all the fine print, and this dat-analyzer does not delete the files.