**Fixed and thanks G.

It seems the problem is fixed. However I noticed that there are 4 index.dat files that no longer show up in the list of files to be deleted -

Documents and Settings\%username%\Cookies\
Documents and Settings\%username%\UserData\
Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\
Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\

Should these be deleted, or are they handled differently now in relation to cookie handling?

I prefer Index.dat Suite as it searches for all index.dat files and list them in its main panel.
http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Product...=index.datsuite

In the Tools section of Index.dat Suite you can select to run defrag upon reboot which is like booting up in Safe Mode then running defrag.