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Posted 7/19/2003 12:32 PM


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In Win98, IE used to cache pages twice, and I used to delete the hidden pages now and then through DOS. Is this the same in XP? If so, how do I delete them?


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not really 'hidden' ,but the index.dat cannot be deleted within Windows. try mrublaster @ http://www.wilderssecurity.net/mrublaster.html it deletes index.dat at next reboot
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I really like this very simple cmd file that works from a shortcut to place a shortcut in your startup for the next boot, runs on that boot, and then deletes its own shortcut from the startup. http://www.imilly.com/winclean.htm



It gives you an extra 2 KB cmd file on your C: drive, instead of another Windows utility.



Works beautifully. But you must read the single-page documentation that comes with it in an HTML file.



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