http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspxAs I mentioned in Part I , index.dat files are used by various features of IE to keep track of URLs and associated information about URLs. The two primary consumers of these files are the Temporary Internet Files folder (TIF) and History. TIF uses anen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#9765614Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:17:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9765614 jeff s WebLog Index dat Part II What are they used for | low cost car insurance<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://lowcostcarinsurances.info/story.php?id=3448">http://lowcostcarinsurances.info/story.php?id=3448</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9765614" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#692205Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:09:30 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:692205Inside the Internet Explorer index.dat file » The PC DoctorPingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=3271">http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=3271</a><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=692205" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#688997Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:56:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:688997Windows Network DevelopmentSince a recent digg article and its underlying Wikipedia entry seems a little confused about index.dat,...<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=688997" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#688009Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:04:31 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:688009Pranav ... Blogging Continuing the discussion in the previous post, offcourse index.dat is not a secret record of any kind,...<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=688009" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#266120Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:33:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:266120WebTransports's WebLog<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266120" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#266117Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:33:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:266117WebTransports's WebLog<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266117" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#266098Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:43:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:266098jeffdavJD - Lifetime and Deletion of the files is a future post topic. <br> <br>Typhoon - That would make another interesting post topic. Basically for IE 5 they added a lot of functionality and so they put it in a .IE5 directory. Nothing much changed in this area for 5.5 and 6, so the filename was just left alone for legacy and compatibility reasons. The same reason why MSN Explorer 8, 9 and 9.5 all have the executable named MSN6.EXE. :)<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266098" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#266097Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:39:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:266097typhoon 121Why are the all of these files/folders talk relate to IE 5 (History.IE5\) on Windows XP when it has IE 6 on it by default. Why does it still refrence a legacy version of IE. why wouldent the folders be ie 6.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266097" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx#266096Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:38:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:266096JDAre these files deleted when the user uses the control panel to clear TIF or clear History? <br> <br>(please don't channel Raymond and say &quot;try it, and report back')<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266096" width="1" height="1">