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Re: OT - Super-hidden files on Windows XP
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:39:56 -0400
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A user with administrative rights can delete index.dat (at least I can on
my Win2K pro machine). A regular user can't.

At 09:33 PM 10/1/2002 +0100, Roy Brown wrote:

>I forgot to ask: what do we think that index.dat is indexing? 15.4 Mb is
>quite a chunk.
>
>And just you try opening or deleting it. You'll find Windows holding
>onto it for dear life....
>
>Clue: that's where all this stuff went before the WinXP approach was
>used. Betcha your life surfing history is in there......
>--

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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
313 N. 1st Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.northtech.com/

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