Cookies under Vista

[Brian J]

Hi,

Where does Vista hide cookies?
Why can't I access "%userprofile%/cookies"?
An administrator user account gets msgbox("Access is denied")
In the shortcuts properties the target is omitted.

I only want to check my code is writing correctly to a cookie.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[Jane C]

Cookies are actually stored here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
The folder that you were looking at is not an actual folder, but a junction
or symlink, which is why you got the Access Denied message.
You need to show hidden files and folders, and unhide protected operating
system files to see the real Cookies folder.

 

[Brian J]

Thanks Jane. Knew there had to be a simple explanation!
Steep learning curve for a OpSys upgrade!

Cookies are actually stored here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
The folder that you were looking at is not an actual folder, but a
junction or symlink, which is why you got the Access Denied message.
You need to show hidden files and folders, and unhide protected operating
system files to see the real Cookies folder.