Index.DAT Viewer

Index Dat Spy - index.dat file viewer!

"Index Dat Spy is a powerful and easy-to-use application that exposes the contents of any index.dat file - even if the file is currently in use by Windows. It translates a great deal of binary data - i.e. internal computer information - into a more human-readable form. And you don't have to be a programmer to read it either!

index.dat files have been the subject of much discussion since Microsoft has released relatively little information about them. Even after clearing your browser history, emptying your cache and deleting your cookies from Internet Explorer, there still remains information about where you've been surfing hidden away in these index.dat files. Although Microsoft claims that their is nothing special or secretive about these files, all versions of Windows tend to go to great lengths to obscure these files. ..."

Interesting... Not that I need to hide anything on my machine (um... yeah...) but given my current project (i.e. EDD), I find this professionally interesting.

What would be really cool is a library/COM component/assembly/API where I can extract this info for my own usage (cause I'm just too damn lazy to reinvent the wheel Steven's already invented).

Oh well, just another thing on my list of stuff to R&D (without which what fun would life be? :)

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