missing 'cookies' folder after installing IE7

[Guest]

i went to 'Windows Update' recently, and what came up as a 'high priority'
update was Internet Explorer 7... being 'high priority', i decided to install
the update... my problem now is that i cannot access my 'cookies' folder
(delete to recycle bin, then use disk cleanup to remove them)... before i
went to IE7, it was easy (click 'my computer'>'local drive'>'documents &
settings'>'(my name)'> 'cookies'), but now the cookies folder is awol... a
search of the local drive says it is in a folder called 'default user', but i
can't find that one anywhere... should i go back to IE6 (seems to be a little
more user-friendly, anyway), or does IE7 deal with cookies automatically?...
i have a spyware program (SpyBot Search & Destroy), and an ad-ware program
(AdAware SE), but they can only do so much... am i missing something?

 

[Ayush]

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i went to 'Windows Update' recently, and what came up as a 'high
priority' update was Internet Explorer 7... being 'high priority', i
decided to install the update... my problem now is that i cannot
access my 'cookies' folder (delete to recycle bin, then use disk
cleanup to remove them)... before i went to IE7, it was easy (click
'my computer'>'local drive'>'documents & settings'>'(my name)'>
'cookies'), but now the cookies folder is awol... a search of the
local drive says it is in a folder called 'default user', but i can't
find that one anywhere... should i go back to IE6 (seems to be a
little more user-friendly, anyway), or does IE7 deal with cookies
automatically?... i have a spyware program (SpyBot Search & Destroy),
and an ad-ware program (AdAware SE), but they can only do so much...
am i missing something?

Type
"%userprofile%\Cookies"
(With quotes) in Start > Run and see if that takes you to Cookies folder.



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[Guest]

thanx for the tip (it worked!)... now, i don't suppose there is a way to
avoid typing that in longhand, is there? my memory is good (albeit short),
and it won't help to write it down, because a clean, uncluttered desktop is a
sign of a sick mind (feel free to go there)...

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i went to 'Windows Update' recently, and what came up as a 'high
priority' update was Internet Explorer 7... being 'high priority', i
decided to install the update... my problem now is that i cannot
access my 'cookies' folder (delete to recycle bin, then use disk
cleanup to remove them)... before i went to IE7, it was easy (click
'my computer'>'local drive'>'documents & settings'>'(my name)'>
'cookies'), but now the cookies folder is awol... a search of the
local drive says it is in a folder called 'default user', but i can't
find that one anywhere... should i go back to IE6 (seems to be a
little more user-friendly, anyway), or does IE7 deal with cookies
automatically?... i have a spyware program (SpyBot Search & Destroy),
and an ad-ware program (AdAware SE), but they can only do so much...
am i missing something?

Type
"%userprofile%\Cookies"
(With quotes) in Start > Run and see if that takes you to Cookies folder.



--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

 

[Ayush]

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thanx for the tip (it worked!)... now, i don't suppose there is a way
to avoid typing that in longhand, is there? my memory is good
(albeit short), and it won't help to write it down, because a clean,
uncluttered desktop is a sign of a sick mind (feel free to go
there)...

Replied to [too-old-for-this]'s message {REPLY BELOW} :
-----------------------------------------------------------

i went to 'Windows Update' recently, and what came up as a 'high
priority' update was Internet Explorer 7... being 'high priority', i
decided to install the update... my problem now is that i cannot
access my 'cookies' folder (delete to recycle bin, then use disk
cleanup to remove them)... before i went to IE7, it was easy (click
'my computer'>'local drive'>'documents & settings'>'(my name)'>
'cookies'), but now the cookies folder is awol... a search of the
local drive says it is in a folder called 'default user', but i
can't find that one anywhere... should i go back to IE6 (seems to
be a little more user-friendly, anyway), or does IE7 deal with
cookies automatically?... i have a spyware program (SpyBot Search &
Destroy), and an ad-ware program (AdAware SE), but they can only do
so much... am i missing something?

Type
"%userprofile%\Cookies"
(With quotes) in Start > Run and see if that takes you to Cookies
folder.



--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

If that worked then that means that cookies folder is hidden. To make it
visible in explorer, do this :
.... Click Start > Run
.... Type "cmd" (Without quotes) > Click OK
.... Type the exact thing in the following line including quotes
attrib -s -h "%userprofile%\Cookies"


Now the folder will be visible in Documents and settings\<your name>

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

 

[Malke]

i went to 'Windows Update' recently, and what came up as a 'high
priority' update was Internet Explorer 7... being 'high priority', i
decided to install the update... my problem now is that i cannot
access my 'cookies' folder (delete to recycle bin, then use disk
cleanup to remove them)... before i went to IE7, it was easy (click
'my computer'>'local drive'>'documents & settings'>'(my name)'>
'cookies'), but now the cookies folder is awol... a search of the
local drive says it is in a folder called 'default user', but i can't
find that one anywhere... should i go back to IE6 (seems to be a
little more user-friendly, anyway), or does IE7 deal with cookies
automatically?... i have a spyware program (SpyBot Search & Destroy),
and an ad-ware program (AdAware SE), but they can only do so much...
am i missing something?

You should post your question in the IE7 newsgroup *after* you spend
some time reading through the posts there. The IE7 newsgroup is:

microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

There are a huge number of posts so it would be smart to start by going
to Google Groups Advanced Search. Use a search term that describes your
problem, constrain the search to the IE7 newsgroup and the date to very
recently.

And no, I'm sorry but I don't have your answer or I would tell you
now. ;-)

Malke

 

[Ayush]

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thanx for the tip (it worked!)... now, i don't suppose there is a way
to avoid typing that in longhand, is there? my memory is good
(albeit short), and it won't help to write it down, because a clean,
uncluttered desktop is a sign of a sick mind (feel free to go
there)...

I forgot to tell how to open the cookies folder easily:
.... Click Start > Run ( OR WinKey+R)
.... Type Cookies > Enter



--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

 

[Guest]

thanx (again!)... maybe i should invest in one of those 'Windows for Dummies'
books (or are they all they're cracked up to be? a friend of mine is the
proud owner of an engineering degree, and he had a tough time translating one
into common English for me)...

Replied to [Ayush]'s message {REPLY BELOW} :
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Replied to [too-old-for-this]'s message {REPLY BELOW} :
-----------------------------------------------------------

thanx for the tip (it worked!)... now, i don't suppose there is a way
to avoid typing that in longhand, is there? my memory is good
(albeit short), and it won't help to write it down, because a clean,
uncluttered desktop is a sign of a sick mind (feel free to go
there)...

I forgot to tell how to open the cookies folder easily:
.... Click Start > Run ( OR WinKey+R)
.... Type Cookies > Enter



--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [too-old-for-this]'s message {REPLY BELOW} :
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thanx (again!)... maybe i should invest in one of those 'Windows for
Dummies' books (or are they all they're cracked up to be? a friend of
mine is the proud owner of an engineering degree, and he had a tough
time translating one into common English for me)...

You are welcome!

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
Must have tool for OE - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

 

[Frank]

i went to 'Windows Update' recently, and what came up as a 'high
priority'
update was Internet Explorer 7... being 'high priority', i decided to
install
the update... my problem now is that i cannot access my 'cookies'
folder
(delete to recycle bin, then use disk cleanup to remove them)...
before i
went to IE7, it was easy (click 'my computer'>'local drive'>'documents
&
settings'>'(my name)'> 'cookies'), but now the cookies folder is
awol... a
search of the local drive says it is in a folder called 'default
user', but i
can't find that one anywhere... should i go back to IE6 (seems to be a
little
more user-friendly, anyway), or does IE7 deal with cookies
automatically?...
i have a spyware program (SpyBot Search & Destroy), and an ad-ware
program
(AdAware SE), but they can only do so much... am i missing something?

Control Panel>>internet options>>general--browsing history--delete,
follow
the yellow brick road.

 

[Guest]

Don't buy "Windows for Dummies". You are well beyond that... you knew what a
cookie was, you knew how to delete them, you have installed an update, etc.
You might try some of the sites like kellys-korner.com, Annoynances.org,
dougknox.com, as well as using the search on these discussions. That is how
I found the answer to my problem... which was your problem too.