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It will look like nothing has happened, but you can now close the "Run" window and choose File -> Load File. If you navigate to your IGV directory, you will now see a brand new bowtie.vcf.idx file. You can now load the file bowtie.vcf, and it will show up as a new track near the top of your window.
Tip: You can also index BAM and FASTA files the same way inside of IGV if you haven't already created indexes for them. But, it's usually easier and quicker to do this on the command line.
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