There are loads of file types swimming around our computers at any given time — most of which exist to supplement the programs we use or play (or allow them to function in the first place). The most ...

However, things changed with Windows 11/10/8. In Windows 11/10/8, Index.dat files are not used by Internet Explorer 10. The indexing functions are being implemented within a Microsoft database system.

In case you are wondering what this is all about a quick recap might be in order. All versions of Windows (since Windows 95) have a number of hidden and protected files called index.dat, one in ...