cookies have disappeared from temp internet files folder

[Guest]

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

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
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[Robert Aldwinckle]

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 @ €".

Are you sure that's all that's there? It's a binary file and quite sparse
at the top.

To check if you have any Cookie information left in the index.dat
open a command window and enter:

find /i "Cookie:" index.dat

Is there some other Cookies folder somewhere?

The one you found is probably it.

How do I access it?

Using the TIF Viewer. In IE: press Alt-T,O,Alt-S,V

Why do the Cookies no longer appear in TIF?

My guess is that you have been suppressing them and deleting them?

How can I get them back there?


Thanks for helping me.

Sara

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

 

[Gary Smith]

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?

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

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/security/protect/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

Thank you for helping me. Please see answers below.

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

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

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/security/protect/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

Thank you for trying to help me. Please see answers below.

Are you sure that's all that's there? It's a binary file and quite sparse
at the top.

Yes. There is nothing else at all in the whole folder or file.

To check if you have any Cookie information left in the index.dat
open a command window and enter:

find /i "Cookie:" index.dat

I tried to do this; however, the "run - command" window just disappears
every time I enter this command and then click "OK".

The one you found is probably it.



Using the TIF Viewer. In IE: press Alt-T,O,Alt-S,V

That is the folder from which the Cookie listings have disappeared.

My guess is that you have been suppressing them and deleting them?

I have been doing neither. If the computer has started suppressing the
Cookies, how does one prevent that - or, rather, how does one undo that.

Stop doing that? <eg>

I imagine that you were making a joke.

As I wrote, I have not deleted the cookies, and I have no idea what you mean
by "suppressing" them. What do you mean by that? The settings that handle
Cookies have not been changed, and Cookies are still being set on my
computer. How are Cookies "suppressed"?

 

[Gary Smith]

"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:[email protected]/ ?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 address removed)[1].txt
-or-
(e-mail address removed)[2].txt
user@tvguide[2].txt

If you find nothing like that, then your system probably isn't storing
cookies at all.

Thank you for helping me. Please see answers below.

"Gary Smith" wrote:

"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

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.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" wrote:

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/security/protect/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

Thank you, thank you, thank you SO MUCH!!! I truly appreciate your kindness
and thoroughness in helping me. Please see the comments and question below.

Sara

"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:[email protected]/ ?user@tvguide[2].txt

The bubble that appears next to the thumbnail for the "index" file in
"C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies" says that it is a "DAT" file,
but the file is empty except for that line I mentioned before.

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.

Where is "Regedit"? I cannot find a folder with that name in the "explore"
menu.

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 address removed)[1].txt
-or-
(e-mail address removed)[2].txt
user@tvguide[2].txt

Hurray!!! The Cookies are here: C:\WINDOWS\Cookies. The folder was hidden.
I tried copying it to "C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies", but
when I re-opened IE and then checked to see if a new Cookie had been added to
the Cookies folders, I found a new Cookie only in the "C:\WINDOWS\Cookies"
folder, not in the one in Documents and Settings.

Could you tell me how to direct new Cookies to the "C:\Documents and
Settings\<user name>\Cookies" folder? I am concerned that I might
inadvertently cause a problem by going into the hidden files every time I
need to clear out the Cookies that I do not want to keep on my computer.

By the way, the "index" file in the "C:\WINDOWS\Cookies" folder does have
the gibberish and interspersed text which you mentioned.

If you find nothing like that, then your system probably isn't storing
cookies at all.

Thank you for helping me. Please see answers below.

"Gary Smith" wrote:

"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

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

:

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/security/protect/default.aspx

 

[Gary Smith]

So far as I know, the only way to change the location of the Cookies
folder is to edit the registry. Regedit is the program normally used to
make such changes, but it can be very intimidating for the inexperienced
and like, all useful tools, can do a lot of damage if misused.

You could just live with the situation as it is, but if you really want to
change it, let me know what version of Windows you're using and I'll
provide step-by-step instructions.

Thank you, thank you, thank you SO MUCH!!! I truly appreciate your kindness
and thoroughness in helping me. Please see the comments and question below.

Sara

"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:[email protected]/ ?user@tvguide[2].txt

The bubble that appears next to the thumbnail for the "index" file in
"C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies" says that it is a "DAT" file,
but the file is empty except for that line I mentioned before.

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.

Where is "Regedit"? I cannot find a folder with that name in the "explore"
menu.

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 address removed)[1].txt
-or-
(e-mail address removed)[2].txt
user@tvguide[2].txt

Hurray!!! The Cookies are here: C:\WINDOWS\Cookies. The folder was hidden.
I tried copying it to "C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies", but
when I re-opened IE and then checked to see if a new Cookie had been added to
the Cookies folders, I found a new Cookie only in the "C:\WINDOWS\Cookies"
folder, not in the one in Documents and Settings.

Could you tell me how to direct new Cookies to the "C:\Documents and
Settings\<user name>\Cookies" folder? I am concerned that I might
inadvertently cause a problem by going into the hidden files every time I
need to clear out the Cookies that I do not want to keep on my computer.

By the way, the "index" file in the "C:\WINDOWS\Cookies" folder does have
the gibberish and interspersed text which you mentioned.

If you find nothing like that, then your system probably isn't storing
cookies at all.

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

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

:

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/security/protect/default.aspx