Thanks Wally, Oddly enough when I looked in DOS there was no index.dat in Temporary Internet File. the only thing that showed up was desktop.ini. There is one under cookies and I can see that in windows. Weird.... any thoughts?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PCWorks: Cookie Copying Mike: You have run into the strange way that windows handles cookies. They are kept as files in the cookie folder and can be deleted and copied with any file utility. In this same folder is an index.dat file which lists the cookies that have been saved in the cookie folder even after they have been deleted. This index file will keep growing with more additions until it is deleted. It is a record of some of the sites the computer has visited. It is an active file when windows is active and cannot be accessed or deleted from windows. If you boot to DOS mode and go to the Cookies folder you can delete this file. Windows will generate a new file containing only the cookie files present when windows is booted. There will be no record of the previous visits. The index.dat file under Temporary Internet File is handled differently. Using a file utility it shows as a file that cannot be viewed or accessed while windows is active. When viewed under Windows Explorer, all the indexed data in the file are listed, including all sites that have been visited and the cookies that were placed in the cookie folder. If not deleted this file can become huge. It can be deleted the same as the one in the cookie folder. A new index.dat file will be generated when Windows is next booted. Remember to use dir /a so that the hidden directories and files will show. This should prevent snoopers from finding out where you have been on the Internet. Wally ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
