Re: DOS undocumented feature
Ricardo <rforno at tutopia.com> wrote:
> No, I tried to do that and the move fails at mid point: it creates the copy,
> but then it can't delete the original. But it works with some other files,
> for example the ones that are left in \WINDOWS\TEMP after executing or
> installing some programs. It works even performing the move within the same
> directory. Of course, booting plain DOS, you can delete the INDEX.DAT files.
> I did this once, with no ill effects afterwards. You can also modify the
> C:\MSDOS.SYS file setting BootGUI=0 and Logo=0 to boot only plain DOS, and
> then, if you want, go to Windows by typing WIN. Of course, you need to reset
> first the h, s and r attributes of the file to edit it, and restore them
> after modifying it.
> Why would be useful for you deleting INDEX.DAT files?
> Regards.
Thank you, this is a good idea, to delete the INDEX.DAT files on plain
DOS. I figured out, that during a normal Windows boot (with BootGUI=1 in
MSDOS.SYS) the autoexec.bat file is executed before Windows starts. So,
I now delete the INDEX.DAT files automatically during a normal boot by
appropriate commands in autoexec.bat.
This is much simpler than writing something into the registry etc., as
often recommended.
I want to delete the INDEX.DAT files that are created by the Internet
Explorer for privacy. Even if you delete all the files that can normally
be deleted in the Cookies, Temporary Internet Files and History folders,
the remaining INDEX.DAT files contain information about websites you have
visited, cookies you have received, etc.
See for instance
http://www.purgeie.com/indexdat.htm
http://www.swanksoft.com/historykill/cookies-dat.gif
(There may be some more detailed information about this topic somewhere
on the net.)
Regards,
Juergen
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