deleting cookies, cached ones too?

[- HAL9000]

When I delete cookies in directory
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Cookies>
And then go into:
IE -> Tools -> Internet options -> General -> Settings -> View Files
there are still some older "User" cookies left.

I notice that when I delete cookies using:
IE -> Tools -> Internet options -> General -> Delete Cookies
that all cookies are deleted.

This behavior seems inconsistent. It looks like there are several
copies of cookies floating around and I don't know which ones are read
by a server when visiting a web site. On the surface one would never
think that a cookie should ever be "cached" on a client machine and
should never be in the temporary internet files directory. You cache
downloaded data not uploaded data.

All I am concerned about is web servers reading my cookies. Is it
acceptable to just delete the cookies in "C:\Documents and
Settings\User\Cookies>" or is this a bad thing to be doing and I
should always delete them using "Internet Options -> General -> Delete
Cookies ????

Thanks for your assistance. Have a nice day...

 

[David Candy]

The whole purpose is to save them. Explorer is not a file manager. It's a shell browser.