IndexDotDatCleaner

[MilesAhead]

Here's an AHK script to delete all index.dat files on the system partition. It should only be run using Windows Registry RunOnce Key.  See my RunItOnce for a simple way of setting that up.

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; IndexDotDatCleaner to delete all index.dat files on system
; partition. Should only be run via RunOnce key in Registry
; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
;
; (See my RunItOnce program for a convenient way to add it.)
;
; It searches the entire partition for index.dat files.  It will slow
; down the boot.  It should only be used occasionally to clean them all out.
;
; MilesAhead
;
#NoTrayIcon
stringleft,sysdrive,A_WinDir,3
SetWorkingDir,%sysdrive%
Loop,index.dat,,1
{
FileDelete,%A_LoopFileFullPath%
}