Where are the IE7 cookies stored on Vista

[tek]

I upgraded to Vista from XP Home. I successfully imported my favorites
and cookies from the old XP machine to the Vista machine. I discovered
the location of my favorites but I can't find where Vista IE7 stored
my cookies. Can someone point me to the right folder location to the
cookies. I want to add the cookies folder to my backup routine.

 

[Paul Montgomery]

Hi Tek,

Cookies in Vista are stored at:

C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low

AND

C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

AND in the Temporary Internet Files folder which you can't see without
turning off UAC.

I actually think that folder is the primary repository, and the others
are some kind of mirror.

 

[tek]

AND in the Temporary Internet Files folder which you can't see without
turning off UAC.

I actually think that folder is the primary repository, and the others
are some kind of mirror.






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Got it, thanks to all.

 

[DDW]

Thanks for the quick reply Shawn, but I've got a wierd one here. I
unchecked HIDE PROTECTED SYSTEM FILES as you suggested but still don't
see the folder. I find the cookie file in Firefox with no problem but
still can't find the one for IE7. Sneaky people those Microsoft
programmers.

Have you turned of User Account Control so that you can see the
contents of the Temporary Internet Files?

 

[DDW]

Well I did finally find the files by going to folder options clicking on
the search tab and ticking include system directories. There seem to be
multiple cookie folders and the program I'm using 'Cookie Monster' only
locates some of them. Can someone recommend a program that will do a
good job of selectively cleaning cookies in Vista?

CCleaner works just FINE here. I can select which ones I want to keep
and the rest are gone.