jenny, whats goin on ?
as far as I know, you cant really get rid of index.dat. Windows recreates that if you delete it from within windows, what you can do often is go in C:/documents and settings/ your profile/UserData..... in there you will find index.dat. copy it to the desktop and right click on it...choose open with...choose select a program from the list...
NOW be careful here: select wordpad from the list and make sure that checkbox for "always use this program to open this type of file" is UNCHECKED!!!... when you open this file , you should have a list opened up for you...
the problem is, when you delete whats in the index.dat or if you even remove the file, windows notices that and recreates it on reboot....here is what you can do instead going into index.dat every so often, you can create a purge script : BTW, some of the paths might be different on your pc so if you dont feel comfortable, you might skip this :
1. make sure the path you will use in script is correct
open Internet Explorer, go to Tools, internet Options
under temp. Internet Files click Settings...there will be
a path for temp int. files. most of the time its
C:/documents and settings/your profile/Local settings/temp int. files.
For your index.dat location is usually this :
C:/documents and settings/your profile/UserData/index.dat
again, make sure these paths correspond to where they're located on you machine.
2. Open your wordpad and create a doc. named PURGE.CMD
and you can type in this script, using your paths to the
actual folders :
RD/S/Q "C:\Documents and settings\your username\local settings\Temporary Internet files"
RD/S/Q "C:\Documents and settings\your username\Cookies"
RD/S/Q "C:\Documents and settings\your username\local settings\user data\index.dat" BREAK
summary of above instructions :
RD deletes listing
/S deletes all the sublists
/Q disables the confirmation dialogue so its automated
BREAK allows program to stay open after the script ended.
this gives you option to see any errors that come up...if it runs
smoothly, you can remove BREAK
PLEASE doublecheck all your work and all the settings and PM me or post back if you have any questions, because I wrote this quickly on my break...
HTH
