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Thread ID: 57958	2005-05-17 09:38:00	Desktop full of .idx files	gradebdan (2186)	Press F1

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355945	2005-05-19 06:52:00	My problem seems to have originated from Nero. I looked in Windows Explorer --Desktop. which showed me all the .idx files on one page. (DESKTOP CAN ONLY SHOW ABOUT 30 AT A TIME) Then by selecting blocks I was able to delete them all fairly quickly, Do not know what will happen next time I use Nero. Have since d/l pccleaner which seems quite good	gradebdan (2186)
355946	2005-05-19 08:35:00	The .idx files are indexing files from your Nero program. Why they have turned up on your desktop I have no idea, nor do I know how to prevent it happening again. Something has gone wonky in your install setup or options but as I don't use the program I am unable to say what. Maybe you could try uninstalling and reinstalling the program.	FoxyMX (5)
355947	2005-05-19 10:22:00	The symptons you are referring to suggest that you probably have an infection on your PC called Spyware . DesktopD To check whether you do you could do the following: Click Start Select Run and type REGEDIT then click OK Navigate to the following keys in the left pane of Registry Editor window by clicking the + signs to expand the tree: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run Look inside the right pane now for this value: "DD2SERVICE" = "%ProgramFiles%\Desktop Detective 2000 Home Edition\DDClient . exe /autostart" Also look for this value in right pane: "DD2KPECLIENT" = "%ProgramFiles%\Desktop Detective 2000 Home Edition\DDClient . exe /autostart" If either of these values are present you are infected HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ITEECOM\DD2000 If this is subkey present you are infected HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ITEECOM\DD2KPE If this subkey is present you are infected If you are infected then a full anti-virus scan will be needed to remove the spyware . You can safely delete the values listed above if present . Regards, Timothy	AlphabetSoup (8128)
355948	2005-05-24 06:15:00	I went through all of the above but could not find any. I guess I shall wait till I next use Nero and see what happens. Thanks for all your help.	gradebdan (2186)
355949	2005-05-24 07:56:00	Ever had anything to do with TraderGames? A financial markets game. "IDX Icons" are involved in that. At least that's what Google turns up here. (www.tradergames.com) HT is of some H.......m	mark c (247)
355950	2005-05-25 10:18:00	I had never heard of Tradergames until you mentioned it.	gradebdan (2186)
355951	2005-05-25 10:35:00	Oh. Major Duh. Just an idea. So how are you getting on with these Nero files then?	mark c (247)
355952	2005-07-30 13:23:00	Just been stepping Mrs Metla through extracting songs for the night of binge drinking we have penciled in to mark the beginning of her 3rd decade on the planet.(hopefully the reference to binge drinking doesn't offend any immigrants who are shocked by our culture and who want to see campains run to shape sociaty as they see fit) Anyhow,cdex bluescreened the pos (its a Dell I took in as a fixer-upper,running 98) so decided to use the installed Nero, after choosing the extraction applet through the so-poor-someone-should-be-beaten-and-fired interface Nero tells us it needs to create a database or our extracted CD's would "disapear" (what sort of crap is this?, they must have decided a database was needed to rip mp3's at the same crack smoking session as when they designed smart-suite or what ever its called,damn cracker-head crackwhores) Anyhow, It asked for a folder to be nominated for the database. No worries and I pioint it at the My Music Folder,Then it asks for a folder to save the files to,no worries I say and point it at My Music. Then it tries to save them as MP4 files,no worries I say and.....***?,mp4 my nakerd arse, damn cracker head crack smokers. anyhow, Started the process and then clicked into the My Music fiolder,and Lo and behold, the database files(*.IDX), all 1300 freakin hundred of them. Which reminded me of this thread. Enjoy,and watch out for crack smoking programmers (they are everywhere)	Metla (12)
355953	2005-07-30 15:43:00	Just a note: Check this site for a little info . . . . . virtualdr . com/showthread . php?t=136943" target="_blank">discussions . virtualdr . com . . . seems Nero sent these . idx's to the desktop (bad default setting?), and that's not where they should be . . but as far as re-posting them on the desktop over and over . . . hmmmmmmm? . . . . . . . obviously others have had the same problem . . . . . . . . I haven't, but then again I don't use NERO either!	SurferJoe46 (51)
355954	2005-07-30 16:00:00	. . . . . . . . and I found a little more on the . idx stuff too . . . . . . . . . idx is an extension used by several different types of files . Could it be that you have recently installed a new application that you are running from the desktop, rather than running it from it's own folder with a shortcut on the desktop? Again, it might just be a default setting that is messed up . Possibilities include: AOL Temporary Internet Mail File ArcView Geocoding Index For Read-Only Datasets Clip Gallery 1 . x Index Complete Works Index File Corel QuickFinder Information FAX File FoxPro Index ICQ Index Database Index LaTeX Index NoX Outlook Express Mailbox Index Pro/ENGINEER Index File Stork Format Header Information Symantec Q&A Relational Database Index File and perhaps others . And since we know that . idx files are the indexing/database files that NERO creates when you burn to a CD and they can be safely deleted . However, I note that you have already tried to delete with no luck . Can you try to delete again this way: Goto start>search>all files and folders . In the search pane type '* . idx' without the quotes and ok . When the search is complete goto edit>select all and hit delete on your keyboard . Do not empty the recycle bin . See what that does for you . I also have allowed CCleaner to have access to the recycle bin so I can empty it without invoking the recycle bin itself . Seems that makes a clean-out and purge a little cleaner . Maybe it just doesn't let NERO know that it's files are about to be deleted by using this backdoor .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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