I opened my document/my documents files where I store my mp3 files and was suprised to find hundreds of files that windows can't open. They are IDX files. I want to get rid of them I think. Should I, or are they important? Where did they come from should I keep them, or delete them with ctrl/delete.
My music files are not shared music files, but my documents/my music
I guess I could start using my shared files, my music folder instead. Any help is welcomed. d_may
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yes, this helps, I think I will take your advice and leave well enough alone for now, I remember i had indexing files turnned off, and then reformated and now they (indexing) is on , so that explaines why they are showing up now (default). I like faster searching! Your 50 points are on the way, but may wait a day or two to see what other may have to say, (you understand). Thanks for the correct information, and your helpful advice. d-may
Those files usually get created by CD burning software and usually get deleted after sucessful burn session.
If not sucessful program tends to forget them behind.I have seen nero burning rom do this.
These files are safe to delete.
Index points to file and not viceversa.Original file is intact.
Delete them and do it with pleasure....killthemall...
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by: aCCeSSgRanteDPosted on 2003-08-06 at 14:28:25ID: 9094949
.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.
Hope this helps