However, things changed with Windows 11/10/8. In Windows 11/10/8, Index.dat files are not used by Internet Explorer 10. The indexing functions are being implemented within a Microsoft database system.
.dat can mean many things. data of any type quite often ends up with these extensions. How about using the app that created them? You can also try viewing them in notepad.
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