"Index" is, or should be, actually "index.dat", and it's a binary file,
not a Notepad file. Is your system set to display files extensions? If
not, you wouldn't see the .dat part, If there's nothing else in that
folder, then your system isn't saving cookies or something is deleting
them after they're saved. If cookies were being saved, the index.dat
file, even as viewed with Notepad, would contain more than the one text
string. Scrolling down in mine, I everentually get to what appears as a
bunch of gibberish interspersed with text like
Cookie:(E-Mail Removed)/ ?user@tvguide[2].txt
Another possibility is that your Cookies folder has somehow been
relocated. One way to determine where Windows things it is is to open
Regedit and navigate to the key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders" and look at the value named Cookies. It should point to the same
folder. If it points somewhere else, that could explain what you're
seeing.
A good way to text whether cookies are being stroed in some unknown
location is to oen IE and go to pcworld.com or tvguide.com. Either will
send you at least one cookie. Now close IE and do a search for "pcworld"
or "tvguide" across your entire hard drive. Make sure that the option to
search hidden files and folders is checked. If cookies have been stored,
you'll find files with names like this:
(E-Mail Removed)[1].txt
-or-
(E-Mail Removed)[2].txt
user@tvguide[2].txt
If you find nothing like that, then your system probably isn't storing
cookies at all.
sarali <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Thank you for helping me. Please see answers below.
> "Gary Smith" wrote:
>> The fact that cookies don't appear in the TIF folder is peculiar, but it's
>> a secondary issue. If they exist at all, they have to be in a Cookies
>> folder somewhere. It's possible that you're not looking at the right
>> folder. Try opening Windows Explorer and typing %userprofile%\Cookies in
>> the address bar, then press enter. What do you see?
> "C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies" - the same folder that I see
> in the explore menu, in which there is nothing except the "index" notepad
> file, which contains only the following: "Client UrlCache MMF Ver 5.2 @ ?
> ". There is nothing else in the folder, at all.
> Sara
>> sarali <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> > Thank you for responding. I looked in the Cookies folder (C:\Documents and
>> > Settings\Administrator\Cookies), and the only thing there is an "Index",
>> > which is a Notepad containing only one line: "Client UrlCache MMF Ver 5.2 @
>> > ?". Is there some other Cookies folder somewhere? How do I access it?
>>
>> > Why do the Cookies no longer appear in TIF? How can I get them back there?
>>
>> > Thanks for helping me.
>>
>> > Sara
>>
>> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" wrote:
>>
>> >> "sarali" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:8A04D9BF-759F-45B9-B3BE-(E-Mail Removed)
>> >> > All the Cookies placed on my computer used to be listed in the Temporary
>> >> > Internet Files folder, along with all the other items in the folder.
>> >> > Suddenly, all Cookies have disappeared from the listing. Cookies are
>> >> > still
>> >> > being set, because my anti-spyware program still finds some of them - the
>> >> > ones that Spybot identifies as dangerous.
>> >> >
>> >> > Where are the cookies being stored, and how can I find - and access -
>> >> > them.
>> >> > I like to keep the ones for MS and certain other specific links, but I
>> >> > want
>> >> > to delete others selectively.
>> >> >
>> >> > Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] suggested that I ask
>> >> > about
>> >> > this in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can you help me? Thank you.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sara
>> >>
>> >> The cookies were never really stored in TIF. That's an illusion provided by
>> >> Windows Explorer. Look in you Cookies folder.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>> >> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
>> >> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>> >> Protect your PC
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
>>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Gary L. Smith (E-Mail Removed)
>> Columbus, Ohio
>>
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Columbus, Ohio