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Where do you find the index.dat file?

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tr3ypo
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I had a lot of tabs open and then I used the Forget button not reading what it would do first, which is opening a completely new window and letting me not restore my previous session. So I've heard that there's a file with the name index.dat or something similar that will let you see all websites you have visited even if it is deleted from your browser history.

I had a lot of tabs open and then I used the Forget button not reading what it would do first, which is opening a completely new window and letting me not restore my previous session. So I've heard that there's a file with the name index.dat or something similar that will let you see all websites you have visited even if it is deleted from your browser history.

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philipp
philipp
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hello, firefox doesn't have such a file - i think this might have been advice specific to IE...

cor-el
cor-el
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IE uses an index.dat file to store its data.

Firefox store its data in the Firefox profile folder.