Why doesn't index.dat file timestamp update?

[n.phe...@gmail.com]

My understanding is that the index.dat file is basically a database of
information about the temporary internet files. I can see that the
Accessed Date field of a cached URL is getting updated each time a
page is accessed again within my application, but the Date Modified of
the index.dat file itself is not changing. If the index.dat file
contains this Accessed Date timestamp which is being updated, why does
the Date Modified of the index.dat file itself not get updated as
these Accessed Date timestamps change?

Thanks in advance

[Paul Baker [MVP, Windows Desktop Experience]]

I am guessing that nothing that is indexed in the cache changed, so the
index.dat file did not change.

Paul

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[n.phe...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the reply. The value for the Accessed Date timestamp of
URLs already cached is changing within the file (I can take the file
to another system and confirm that it contains updated timestamps for
those URLs). I'm curious how the Accessed Date timestamp of URLs
already cached is changing but the Date Modified of the index.dat file
itself does not get updated.

Thanks in advance

[Paul Baker [MVP, Windows Desktop Experience]]

I understood your question, but I don't think you understood my reply.

Presumably. the Access Date is contained in a cache entry file in Temporary
Internet Files but does not make up part of the index.

Paul

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