Re: index.dat - can it be cleared?

From: Johnny Lingo (johnnylingo_at_spammenot.com)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 21:48:48 GMT

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23cF6XER8EHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> "Johnny Lingo" <johnnylingo@spammenot.com> wrote in message
> news:xOYBd.608326$wV.140974@attbi_s54
>>
>> My index.dat (Windows XP Pro) constantly grows in size. It is
>> currently at over 600k even after purging all temp internet files and
>> cookies!
>
> See
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
>

Thanks, but I already know how to delete it. I was just commenting to a
poster that stated that the index.dat resizes after deleting Temp Internet
files and cookies. Mine and all of those that I have worked on has an
index.dat file that continually grows in size until it is deleted and
automatically replaced by a new default one.

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