DAT file eliminator Back a couple of years ago here, I wanted to know how to eliminate the Windows. DAT file. Well, was given a file and routine, but for some reason at the beginning of this month that data no longer exists on the old hard drive. I added it to my Autoexec.bat file, and never noticed until yesterday, there was an error message goin on with it. I think due to no longer being on the hard drive it won't work properly. Can anyone point me to the source of this DAT file eliminator, and it's implementation? Wm.

What is the content of your Autoexec.bat file, or at least the line that is supposed to load the program? Why would you want to eliminate *.dat files, or are you talking only of elinating only some specific *.dat file(s)? E.g. The Registry in Win 9x is actually two normally hidden files - system.dat and user.dat - without those Win 9x will not work! Hwinfo.dat is also a normally hidden essential *.dat file. There are other essential Windows *.dat files, both normally hidden and visible.

There are two types of dat files. Data files (usually system) and music files. It's a pity that both use the same extension but that's life.... We need a lot more background about exactly what you are trying to achieve. As per #1 if you eliminate all dat files the the sytem will no longer function. Nobody in their right mind would advise you about how to do this. DerekW

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Aha. Are you referring to "Index.dat" files? In which case, sure, Delindex will do that. DerekW

Derek.... DAT's Da one. Looking for problems associated with an ol Index.dat file which seems to be getting bigger and bigger. On one hard drive I had some command written into the Autoexec.bat file. It got rid of it every morning, and automatically made up a new one then. I went through the machinations of deleting it via DOS, the computer instantly booted faster. Then two weeks later it was slow again. I think one of the places that Yahoo directs me to is inserting something. When I cleared out the Index.dat file, "boom" it goes again. How should write the proper into the Autoexec.bat file? Wm.

Delindex here: http://www.burzurq.com/forum/delind... "All notes are within the program, so there are no separate ReadMe or Help files." If you want to read delindex.bat, right click on it, choose Edit. There's a lot to read. - The best place to put Delindex.bat is on C:\ , the root directory. "Menu option CREATE makes a "Superfast" StartUp disk configured for Delindex." It appears you just start up delindex.bat in a Dos mode, choose the CREATE option, and it will make a bootable Startup floppy. You boot with that floppy and runs delindex RUN in Dos mode.