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Molly Lee is right. i have the same problem. I want to delete the Index.dat files, but no method suggested here or previous threads or on any other webside works. MS has now made it impossible to delete the contents of index.dat files in Win 7 64.
DeaconFrost, no need to question the motivation. The primary objective is privacy. i don't want anyone to ever be able to trace my computer/internet activity no matter how they come into posession of my hard drive. I think this is a good enough reason that requires no additional moral justification. I am also surprised you never heard of people trying to get rid of their .dat files. i suggest you google "deleting index.dat files" and you will see that hundreds or thousands of people have been asking that question.
From what i have read on this thread and other websites, there is NO WAY I can delete index.dat files on my computer that runs on Windows 7 64 bit. It's my computer, the one i paid for, so, i find it unacceptable that MS would make it impossible for me to effectively untraceably delete computer activity history.
So, in case someone does come up with a way to clean those files, please post here or start a new thread.
THanks Molly Lee, you are not the only one who is baffled by inability to delete index.dat files.