Re: Windows Indexing File

From: sponge (yosponge_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/24/03


Date: 23 Jun 2003 15:38:40 -0700

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:20:13 +0200 (CEST), Anonymous via the
Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer <nobody@cypherpunks.to> wrote:

>Windows has an indexing file (which can be deactivated by a user)
which
>indexes all files in one's computer.
>1)Where is that file? (name/folder)
>2)If I delete a file (or even overwrite a file using one of the
>utilities that specifically overwrite its name as well), does that
name
>also disappear from the above indexing file as well?

Don Kelloway was on the right track here, if I understand the OP's
question correctly.

On Win9x systems, it is located under the \Windows\Application
Data\Microsoft folder. One component is in a folder called Websearch.

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