IDX files

[Nuclear Krusader]

What are they?

Suddenly my My Documents folder is filled up with them!

All of them are 32 bytes in size.

They have names like: CT*.IDX, SA*.IDX and CH*.IDX

[newme]

hi nuc
found a few articles on it here is some comments
"idx files are usually created by a whole variety of database engines to allow fast searching. Generally when data is entered into a database it is in a random order and yet the chances are you want look at it in a more logical order once you have entered it into the database. So an 'INDex' file is created which enables this fast searching. In most databases you can elect to switch indexing on or off. With fast pc's these days 'on' is the default. It is possible to delete some index files and the database will just re-create them but my strong advice is don't touch them."
i also read they could files from a dvd ripper.
hope that helps

[Nuclear Krusader]

Certainly, it helps.

I'd like to know which database service created them.

Tell u what, I'm gonna delete them by sending them to the Trash Bin and see if something happens.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Hmm, I found these kind of files in these folders also:

C:\Documents and Settings\Nuclear Krusader\.jpi_cache\file\1.0

and

C:\Documents and Settings\Nuclear Krusader\.jpi_cache\jar\1.0

Some of their names point to web sites I have been.

Anyway, I'm gonna wipe them out and see what happens.

There were thousands of them.

[glc]

That sounds like your Java cache.