CC cleaner and index.dat

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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