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What are .idx files?

Anonymous
2012-03-29T20:01:29+00:00

At some point, (perhaps in the process of ridding my computer of  trojans and rootkits) the MY Documents folder on my old XP machine became filled with .idx files in addition to the folders and .doc files.  What are they, are they unnececessary and if so can I simply delete them?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-03-29T20:11:54+00:00

    Those are the indexing/database files that nero creates when you burn to a CD. They can be deleted. They store info on what was burned onto the CD but aren't necessary to keep.

    Many programs use them. Nero is one of the top programs that you will see these files turn up from. They won't hurt anything, they are just annoying. Normally about 32kb in size. Just delete them, they are not a threat, nor are they truly needed.

    Idx files are also used along with .sub files in one type of subtitling system for movie files. In this context you should not delete them as the .sub file is useless without the corresponding .idx file.

    http://discussions.virtualdr.com/archive/index.php/t-136943.html

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