Understanding Cookies

[Guest PT]

1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the

cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So far -

I follow the process.

 

2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of cookies

which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to retain the

cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are sccattered in the

listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

 

So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into it,

I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several weeks

later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the held cookies

back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I should still be

able to log in to those sites without problems. But in fact, these sites

behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In other words, the old

cookies don't do the job.

 

Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1, and

then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and replace the

site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will that old cookie

not work?

 

Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

 

 

--

 

PT

[Guest Spirit]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

Try this excellent FREE utility :

 

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

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> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

> Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the

> cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So

> far - I follow the process.

>

> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>

> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into

> it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several

> weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the held

> cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I

> should still be able to log in to those sites without problems. But in

> fact, these sites behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In

> other words, the old cookies don't do the job.

>

> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1,

> and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and

> replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will that

> old cookie not work?

>

> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>

>

> --

>

> PT

>

[Guest Leonard Grey]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

There are zillions of cookie managers on the web, most of them free,

that will do what you want. Go ye forth and search the web.

 

And when ye download a cookie manager, scanneth it for viruses before ye

install!

 

[P.S. What seems logical to a human being is often inane to a computer.

Computers work the way they were programmed, whether it makes sense or not.]

 

---

Leonard Grey

Errare humanum est

 

PT wrote:

> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

> Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the

> cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So far -

> I follow the process.

>

> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of cookies

> which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to retain the

> cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are sccattered in the

> listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>

> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into it,

> I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several weeks

> later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the held cookies

> back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I should still be

> able to log in to those sites without problems. But in fact, these sites

> behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In other words, the old

> cookies don't do the job.

>

> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1, and

> then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and replace the

> site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will that old cookie

> not work?

>

> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>

>

[Guest Kayman]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>

> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/

[Guest Ayere]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

I believe that the reason you have to 'start over' is that when you flush

the cookies, you also reset the system file 'index.dat' (it's hidden). So,

even when you move the saved cookies back, index.dat doesn't 'register' it

(this is my theory anyway...).

 

The best way I have found to manage cookies is to override auto cookie

handling, blocking all cookies. You can then 'white list' the sites you want

to allow cookie placement for.

 

You can do so by:

 

1) Control Panel\Internet Options|Privacy tab

2) Click on the Advanced button bar

3) in the resulting window, make sure that the 'Block' radio button is

selected in both columns. Click OK.

4) Again in the privacy tab, click 'Sites". In the resulting dialog, you can

add the sites for which you require cookies.

 

You can also add sites on-the-fly by first going to the site, then, in the

status bar at bottom, double click on the 'eye' (the tool tip will read

'Privacy Report'). A list of sites that have tried to put a cookie on your

machine in the current session. You can right click on the site you wist to

add and choose allow, block or default.

 

This is the best way I have found to manage cookies, and beats 3rd party

cookie managers hands down. Plus, it has the added benefit of being free.

 

Ayere

 

 

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

> Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the

> cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So

> far - I follow the process.

>

> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>

> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into

> it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several

> weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the held

> cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I

> should still be able to log in to those sites without problems. But in

> fact, these sites behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In

> other words, the old cookies don't do the job.

>

> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1,

> and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and

> replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will that

> old cookie not work?

>

> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>

>

> --

>

> PT

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

Others have given you the obvious workaround possibilities, but in answer to

your question... There is a index.dat file that is part of the Cookies

system -- it lists the Cookies in the folder. When you delete Cookies in the

usual way, that list is blanked out. If the Cookie isn't listed there, the

website can't find it.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

> Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the

> cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So

> far - I follow the process.

>

> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>

> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into

> it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several

> weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the held

> cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I

> should still be able to log in to those sites without problems. But in

> fact, these sites behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In

> other words, the old cookies don't do the job.

>

> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1,

> and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and

> replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will that

> old cookie not work?

>

> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>

>

> --

>

> PT

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

I also use Advanced cookie handling, blocking third-party cookies, allowing

per-session cookies, and Prompting for first-party cookies. When you get the

prompt, you can refuse or allow, and also make the decision permanent (or

not). Making that decision adds the cookie to the list you're talking about.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Ayere" <Ayere@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

news:O1qunUH2HHA.5380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I believe that the reason you have to 'start over' is that when you flush

>the cookies, you also reset the system file 'index.dat' (it's hidden). So,

>even when you move the saved cookies back, index.dat doesn't 'register' it

>(this is my theory anyway...).

>

> The best way I have found to manage cookies is to override auto cookie

> handling, blocking all cookies. You can then 'white list' the sites you

> want to allow cookie placement for.

>

> You can do so by:

>

> 1) Control Panel\Internet Options|Privacy tab

> 2) Click on the Advanced button bar

> 3) in the resulting window, make sure that the 'Block' radio button is

> selected in both columns. Click OK.

> 4) Again in the privacy tab, click 'Sites". In the resulting dialog, you

> can add the sites for which you require cookies.

>

> You can also add sites on-the-fly by first going to the site, then, in the

> status bar at bottom, double click on the 'eye' (the tool tip will read

> 'Privacy Report'). A list of sites that have tried to put a cookie on your

> machine in the current session. You can right click on the site you wist

> to add and choose allow, block or default.

>

> This is the best way I have found to manage cookies, and beats 3rd party

> cookie managers hands down. Plus, it has the added benefit of being free.

>

> Ayere

>

>

>

> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

> news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

>> Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the

>> cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So

>> far - I follow the process.

>>

>> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

>> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

>> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

>> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>>

>> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into

>> it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several

>> weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the

>> held cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I

>> should still be able to log in to those sites without problems. But in

>> fact, these sites behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In

>> other words, the old cookies don't do the job.

>>

>> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

>> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1,

>> and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and

>> replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will

>> that old cookie not work?

>>

>> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

>> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>> PT

>>

>

[Guest JoAnn Paules]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

Hi Gary!

 

Don't see you around much. Hope all is going well for you. :-)

 

--

 

JoAnn Paules

Microsoft MVP - Publisher

 

How to ask a question

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

 

 

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message

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>I also use Advanced cookie handling, blocking third-party cookies, allowing

>per-session cookies, and Prompting for first-party cookies. When you get

>the prompt, you can refuse or allow, and also make the decision permanent

>(or not). Making that decision adds the cookie to the list you're talking

>about.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "Ayere" <Ayere@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

> news:O1qunUH2HHA.5380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>I believe that the reason you have to 'start over' is that when you flush

>>the cookies, you also reset the system file 'index.dat' (it's hidden). So,

>>even when you move the saved cookies back, index.dat doesn't 'register' it

>>(this is my theory anyway...).

>>

>> The best way I have found to manage cookies is to override auto cookie

>> handling, blocking all cookies. You can then 'white list' the sites you

>> want to allow cookie placement for.

>>

>> You can do so by:

>>

>> 1) Control Panel\Internet Options|Privacy tab

>> 2) Click on the Advanced button bar

>> 3) in the resulting window, make sure that the 'Block' radio button is

>> selected in both columns. Click OK.

>> 4) Again in the privacy tab, click 'Sites". In the resulting dialog, you

>> can add the sites for which you require cookies.

>>

>> You can also add sites on-the-fly by first going to the site, then, in

>> the status bar at bottom, double click on the 'eye' (the tool tip will

>> read 'Privacy Report'). A list of sites that have tried to put a cookie

>> on your machine in the current session. You can right click on the site

>> you wist to add and choose allow, block or default.

>>

>> This is the best way I have found to manage cookies, and beats 3rd party

>> cookie managers hands down. Plus, it has the added benefit of being free.

>>

>> Ayere

>>

>>

>>

>> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

>> news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.

>>> Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in

>>> the cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits.

>>> So far - I follow the process.

>>>

>>> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

>>> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

>>> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

>>> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>>>

>>> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into

>>> it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several

>>> weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the

>>> held cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that

>>> I should still be able to log in to those sites without problems. But

>>> in fact, these sites behave as though I was logging in as a new user.

>>> In other words, the old cookies don't do the job.

>>>

>>> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

>>> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1,

>>> and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and

>>> replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will

>>> that old cookie not work?

>>>

>>> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

>>> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>>>

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> PT

>>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

Gettin' along, JoAnn, just gettin' along, ;-)

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message

news:B4F0A89D-F2D6-4752-92E5-2DDCF72348D1@microsoft.com...

> Hi Gary!

>

> Don't see you around much. Hope all is going well for you. :-)

>

> --

>

> JoAnn Paules

> Microsoft MVP - Publisher

>

> How to ask a question

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

>

>

>

> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message

> news:%23Kyj6dH2HHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>I also use Advanced cookie handling, blocking third-party cookies,

>>allowing per-session cookies, and Prompting for first-party cookies. When

>>you get the prompt, you can refuse or allow, and also make the decision

>>permanent (or not). Making that decision adds the cookie to the list

>>you're talking about.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>> "Ayere" <Ayere@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

>> news:O1qunUH2HHA.5380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>I believe that the reason you have to 'start over' is that when you flush

>>>the cookies, you also reset the system file 'index.dat' (it's hidden).

>>>So, even when you move the saved cookies back, index.dat doesn't

>>>'register' it (this is my theory anyway...).

>>>

>>> The best way I have found to manage cookies is to override auto cookie

>>> handling, blocking all cookies. You can then 'white list' the sites you

>>> want to allow cookie placement for.

>>>

>>> You can do so by:

>>>

>>> 1) Control Panel\Internet Options|Privacy tab

>>> 2) Click on the Advanced button bar

>>> 3) in the resulting window, make sure that the 'Block' radio button is

>>> selected in both columns. Click OK.

>>> 4) Again in the privacy tab, click 'Sites". In the resulting dialog, you

>>> can add the sites for which you require cookies.

>>>

>>> You can also add sites on-the-fly by first going to the site, then, in

>>> the status bar at bottom, double click on the 'eye' (the tool tip will

>>> read 'Privacy Report'). A list of sites that have tried to put a cookie

>>> on your machine in the current session. You can right click on the site

>>> you wist to add and choose allow, block or default.

>>>

>>> This is the best way I have found to manage cookies, and beats 3rd party

>>> cookie managers hands down. Plus, it has the added benefit of being

>>> free.

>>>

>>> Ayere

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

>>> news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a

>>>> login. Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a

>>>> cookie in the cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent

>>>> visits. So far - I follow the process.

>>>>

>>>> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

>>>> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

>>>> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

>>>> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>>>>

>>>> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold".

>>>> Into it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then,

>>>> several weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I

>>>> recopy the held cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical

>>>> to me that I should still be able to log in to those sites without

>>>> problems. But in fact, these sites behave as though I was logging in

>>>> as a new user. In other words, the old cookies don't do the job.

>>>>

>>>> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

>>>> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January

>>>> 1, and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and

>>>> replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will

>>>> that old cookie not work?

>>>>

>>>> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

>>>> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>>

>>>> PT

>>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

[Guest Shauna Kelly]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

Hi

 

Bear in mind that CCleaner has been implicated in deleting users' settings

in Word because, at least in its default setup, it seems to delete the Word

Data registry key:

http://groups.google.com.au/groups?as_q=ccleaner&num=10&scoring=r&hl=en&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.word.*

 

Hope this helps.

 

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

 

 

"Kayman" <kayhkay~nospam~@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

> news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>

>> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to

>> flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>>

> http://www.ccleaner.com/download/

>

[Guest Kayman]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

"Shauna Kelly" <ShaunaKelly@SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com> wrote in message

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> Hi

>

> Bear in mind that CCleaner has been implicated in deleting users' settings

> in Word because, at least in its default setup, it seems to delete the

> Word Data registry key:

> http://groups.google.com.au/groups?as_q=ccleaner&num=10&scoring=r&hl=en&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.word.*

>

Yeah, ...and if Windows Defender is installed go to Applications, under

Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender" :)

[Guest Smirnoff]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

 

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

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> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a

> login. Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a

> cookie in the cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on

> subsequent visits. So far - I follow the process.

>

> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>

> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold".

> Into it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then,

> several weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I

> recopy the held cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems

> logical to me that I should still be able to log in to those sites

> without problems. But in fact, these sites behave as though I was

> logging in as a new user. In other words, the old cookies don't do

> the job.

>

> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January

> 1, and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache

> and replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1.

> Will that old cookie not work?

>

> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able

> to flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>

>

> --

>

> PT

>

I use CookieWall. Straightforward interface. Lists current cookies and

allows you to save what you want. Also, has an option to block/delete

unwelcome stuff.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/cookie.htm

[Guest Bob Lucas]

Re: Understanding Cookies

 

I use Cookie Monster v3.32, which enables me to designate specific

cookies as "preserved" - and delete the dross. It is a freeware

package, which is available from

http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/CookieMonster.php.

 

McAfee Security Suite and Spybot have not identified any problems with

Cookie Monster.

 

My operating system is Win XP (SP2). I use IE7 as my default browser.

I have also installed Netscape 8.1.3 - which I use for access to any

website that doesn't work well with Internet Explorer.

 

IE7 seems to store some cookies in C:\Documents and Settings\{My User

Name}\Cookies. It stores other cookies in C:\Documents and Settings\{My

User Name}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files.

 

I have discovered one limitation of Cookie Monster with IE7.

 

The utility lists and manages Netscape cookies, stored in C:\Documents

and Settings\{My User Name}\Application Data\Netscape\NSB\Profiles. It

also lists and manages IE7 cookies, stored in the C:\Documents and

Settings\{My User Name}\Cookies folder.

 

I have discovered that Cookie Monster does not detect IE7 cookies in the

Temporary Internet Files Folder.

 

Does anybody know:

 

a) Why IE7 stores cookies in two different places?

 

and

 

b) Whether it is possible to change the default location for the

cookies store in IE7 ? (I would prefer IE7 to store all cookies in

C:\Documents and Settings\{My User Name}\Cookies.)

 

 

"Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote in message

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>

>

> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

> news:O48uz8F2HHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> 1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a

>> login. Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a

>> cookie in the cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on

>> subsequent visits. So far - I follow the process.

>>

>> 2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of

>> cookies which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to

>> retain the cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are

>> sccattered in the listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

>>

>> So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold".

>> Into it, I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then,

>> several weeks later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I

>> recopy the held cookies back into the main cookie cache. Seems

>> logical to me that I should still be able to log in to those sites

>> without problems. But in fact, these sites behave as though I was

>> logging in as a new user. In other words, the old cookies don't do

>> the job.

>>

>> Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,

>> Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January

>> 1, and then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache

>> and replace the site's cookie with the one it created on January 1.

>> Will that old cookie not work?

>>

>> Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able

>> to flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>> PT

>>

> I use CookieWall. Straightforward interface. Lists current cookies and

> allows you to save what you want. Also, has an option to block/delete

> unwelcome stuff.

> http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/cookie.htm

>