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.

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 ...

Have you ever encountered a strange file with an NTUSER.DAT name on your Windows PC? Don't worry, it's not a virus, but quite an important file. In this article, we'll explain what it is and why you ...

If you been using Windows OS for a long time, you may have come across a file with name NTUSER.DAT. It is a user-specific file that keeps user configuration data that is read when you log in to your ...

DAT files are files with an extension that isn't associated with a specific application or program and can be almost any type of file including video, media or text. Gaining access to the DAT files ...

We’ve all seen mysterious .dat file attachments in our inboxes from time to time. In most cases the .dat attachment originates in Microsoft Outlook, which produces outgoing messages using a slightly ...

We keep getting e-mail attachments in winmail.dat files and can’t open them. What’s going on? Is there a utility that can extract the attachments from these? When Outlook or Outlook Express users send ...

I'm trying to fix some stuff in a game of mine on the computer. I'm trying to make it look to a folder instead of the Cd-rom. However, there is no document that I can find that is readable with ...

I am having a problem trying to get IIS 6.0 to serve several .exe files and a .dat file. <BR><BR>The files are hosted in a virtual directory, with "scripts and executables" allowed, directory browsing ...