index.dat files

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

hi

what index .dat files are you supposed to remove from your system and how if so? i have about 4 different items, system save, cookies temp, and one other, one is like 13,000?

windowwasher, if so, reliable or disaster?

presario 5050 333mhz celeron 96 ram 8gb hd win 98 preinstalled, ie 6.0 sp1, e trust av


thanks

[Train]

Here is what mine looks like in Find.
But I have this in my autoexec.bat
And have not rebooted in a bit which is why I have 288k in local setting\temorary internet.

smartdrv
Deltree /y C:\windows\Locals~1\Tempor~1
Deltree /y C:\windows\Tempor~1

System save I would leave alone. Compaq you know!

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

thanks

you must keep your system on 24x7, no reboot? i saw a post on one of mine re vbscript here recently that some one deleted dat files of some form daily, i have never so just trying to learn? a cousin of mine in ca just used BE CLEAN on his new xp from langa site, and it BE CLEANED HIM, wiped out everything, how can i post here a screen shot of what i have as you did, i tried print screen and file, but save as was not there with find files? it was save search, here they are any way-
index.dat C\Windows\Temporary....13,37... DAT File
index.dat CWindows\Application DAT File 32KB DAT File
index.dat CWindows\Cookies 672KB DAT File
index.dat CSYSTEM.SAV\Windo 16 KB DAT File
index.dat CSYSTEM.SAV\Windo 32 KB DAT.File


To do with these?
thanks

[WhitPhil]

Shutdown > Restart to DOS and enter the following commands, each followed by ENTER

Smartdrv

deltree C\Windows\Tempor~1
deltree c:\windows\locals~1\tempor~1
del c:\windows\cookies\index.dat
deltree c:\Windows\history


After each of the deltree commands, respond Y after confirming that the directory is correct.

Also, if you do not want to keep all your cookies, replace the DEL command by Deltree c:\windows\cookies
This will, however, cause you to have to re-enter all userid/pws for sites that you visit.

Note: Due to the size of your \TIF folder (13MBs), that deltree "may" take some time to complete.

After you have done the cleanup, go into IE > Tools > Internet Options > Settings button, and reduce the size of the cache into the 5-10MB range, which should be adequate

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

thanks

well i guess i asked for it! what benefit will i gain if i do this as you have shown, (might take some time?) i know you don't know how efficient i am on time however, hour or two-day?
should i do it?

deltree is not in my vocabulary yet.

topic of conversation?

thanks

[WhitPhil]

"some time" means minutes as opposed to seconds.

Deltree is used to delete entire directories, including all files and subfolders. That is why the, "respond with a Y" is there, to confirm the directory name was typed correctly.

What will you get as a result of deleting?
First, some disk space recovered, but more importantly you "should" see a little more snappy performance from IE.

[DVOM]

Here's what I used when I was running 98:

smartdrv
for %%x in (cookies history recent temp tempor~1) do deltree /y c:\windows\%%x\*.*

I put the bold into notepad, named it "gone.bat" and placed it in the root of my C: drive. I edited out the cookies reference when I used it as I manage those with another app.

The other methods mentioned here didn't always clean them all out for me. I'd sometimes have to run them 2 or 3 times.

[egdufwollamhsram1851]

thanks

i guess i'll have to take a course on this or dig a little further.
thanks for the info

[Jayt36]

If you are uncomfortable working in DOS, there is a tool called AntiSpy which would delete these dat files as well as your internet history files, cookies, etc. You can find it at: http://www.softvers.com/antispy/
I think it costs about $25.00

[MWL28]

windowwasher, if so, reliable or disaster? Answer "disater"
Marv.