Great! But this cookie "Index Dat File" Will not delete
get message that it is being use.
>-----Original Message-----
>James,
>
>Keep having fun! ;-)
>
>--
>Hope this helps. Let us know.
>Wes
>
>In news:F74489D5-7843-4E99-AD97-
(E-Mail Removed),
>James P <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and
pecked:
>> Thanks for the EXCELLENT response!! You addressed each
one of my
>> issues with clear, consise instructions ... top-notch
help ...
>> THANKS!!!
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>
>>> As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files,
this gets
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder
are just
>>> pointers to the real cookies.
>>>
>>> Real cookies are stored here >>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies
>>>
>>> The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies
>>>
>>> But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies
here >>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local
Settings\Temporary
>>> Internet Files
>>>
>>> If you manually delete a cookie file from the
Temporary Internet
>>> Files folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder
and the cookie
>>> file located in the Cookies folder are deleted.
>>>
>>> If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it
leaves the pointer
>>> to the cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like
a shortcut
>>> that does not point to anything.
>>>
>>> To delete a cookie
>>> 1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click
Internet Options.
>>> 2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click
View files.
>>> 3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on
the File menu,
>>> click Delete.
>>>
>>> To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click
Delete Cookies
>>> on the General tab.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>> Wes
>>>
>>> In news:0EDE7B46-7DAB-4EFB-8B19-
(E-Mail Removed),
>>> James P <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted
and pecked:
>>>> I'd like to cleanup my cookies but don't want to
delete all of them.
>>>> I've found cookies stored in two spots: a "cookies"
folder and a
>>>> "temp internet files" folder ... both are sub-
folders of my "user"
>>>> folder.
>>>>
>>>> How do these two folders relate?
>>>> Which folder is linked to the "delete cookies"
button of the
>>>> Internet Properties dialog (General tab)?
>>>> Which folder should I be editing?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>.
>
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