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Index.dat deletion

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wilbur

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I have been trying to find a way to delete and/or edit the index.dat file in the cookies folder in windows98 without a reboot. Nothing other than a reboot with a deltree in the autoexec.bat has worked for me.
I have tried getting to ring0 using some examples that are posted as well as working with the security attributes all to no avail . SFC.exe and Explorer seem to be able to to work with the cache and protected files.
If you have any ideas they will be greatly appreciated.
Assembler:- ml 6.15
OS :- Windows98
Many thanks
Wilbur...
 
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I could give you some ideas on how to do this in assembly, but the easiest way would be..... Boot in dos, either with a boot disk or the restart in dos option... go to the folder with the index.dat you want to delete. Edit the file using the dos editor, simply remove a large portion of the data inside the index.dat file and save it. It will allow you to save the file... I can show you the code to remove the file in either assembly or C, should work in both...

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