CC cleaner and index.dat

[david banner]

After cleaning index.dat cookie file with CC Cleaner the index dat was not recreated? Should it not be recreated by Windows

[iceni60]

windows does recreate it, maybe it's only after a reboot though, but probably not, did you try rebooting?. where is the index.dat you're talking about? are cookies and internet addresses still being stored? if you're using a certain program to view it maybe the program is wrong?

you could see what happens when you run Index.dat Suite
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/indexdatsuite.html

here's a program that says it "Displays the record number inside the cookies index file (index.dat)" it might show something, and should be a standalone none install program. i'm not sure it works with vista though!
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/internet_explorer_cookies_view.html

[david banner]

-{ Quote: "windows does recreate it, maybe it's only after a reboot though, but probably not, did you try rebooting?. where is the index.dat you're talking about? are cookies and internet addresses still being stored? if you're using a certain program to view it maybe the program is wrong?

you could see what happens when you run Index.dat Suite
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/indexdatsuite.html

here's a program that says it "Displays the record number inside the cookies index file (index.dat)" it might show something, and should be a standalone none install program. i'm not sure it works with vista though!
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/internet_explorer_cookies_view.html" }-

Hi

I did reboot but no index .dat in my cookies folder. I have XP home not Vista

[GrailVanGogh]

-{ Quote: "After cleaning index.dat cookie file with CC Cleaner the index dat was not recreated? Should it not be recreated by Windows" }-

There is an old thread here with more then enough information on index.dat cleaning.

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=5844

[spy1]

Unfortunately, that thread was written before Index.dat Suite came out.

Free, effective, versatile:

http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&p=index.datsuite . Pete