Re: Cookie Removal

On Mon, 25 May 2009 23:04:43 +0100, "Tim Med***"
<timmed***@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

David,
Cookies are NOT located in the 'Temporary Internet Files' folder,
although they do 'appear' to be but what you are seeing is an indexed list
made up of files that are in other locations.

The Temporary Internet Files are actually located in alphanumerically named
sub-directories within the folder:
"%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

The Cookies are actually stored in folder:
"%USERPROFILE%\Cookies"

...so your batch file should point to this folder. e.g.


@echo off
del "%USERPROFILE%\Cookies\*.txt"


However, though the cookies are actually gone they may well still show
up in the 'Temporary Internet Files' folder as I said - it's only an indexed
list.

But you can double check what I've said. If you delete the cookies out
of the "%USERPROFILE%\Cookies" folder and then try to open one in the Temp
Inet Files folder it won't open.


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Cheers, Tim Med***, Peckham, London. :-)

Tim:
I currently have IE7 installed. As I use Firefox exclusively, I have
gone into Internet Options and totally disabled cookies in IE.
"%USERPROFILE%\Cookies" is empty except for index.dat

As you suggested, I tried to open a file in Temporary Internet Files.
XP responded by giving me a message saying that it might be dangerous
to run a system command on the file I was trying to open. Being the
cautious type, I canceled the command to open the file.

I have assumed %USERPROFILE% expands to C:\Documents and
Settings\David where David is the current user. Correct?

The Content.IE5 directory and its sub-directories do not exist. They
have been gone for as long as I can remember. Since cookies can not
be stored in a directory that does not exist, the indexed list in
Temporary Internet Files seemes to me meaningless.

I don't know where Firefox stores its cookies. but I don't think its
in "%USERPROFILE%\Cookies". The only time I really recall the indexed
entries showing up is after I have been using EUDORA (my email
client).

Since the real purpose for this discussion is to rid my PC of cookies
& Temp Internet files, it seems that I have nothing to be concerned
about because the CONTENT.IE5 directory & its sub-dirs are missing.

David


















<David> wrote in message news:jeaj155mkcamgr046ch87jbc2n9qcma9id@xxxxxxxxxx
I have XP/Pro SP2 on my workstation. My used name (David) has
administrative priviledges.

One of my backups is a data only backup onto a USB drive using a DOS
BATCH file & XCOPY

I have tried to restrict all but desireable cookies from invading my
workstation. I've changed the Internet Options (Control Panel) and
the cookie rules in the various browsers I use. Apparently I've been
successful here. However, there seems to be one place I can not stop
cookies & temp internet files from being saved on my workstation. I'm
not sure, but its possible they are arriving through the use of
various other applications that insist on using IE for internet
access.

This is where the cookies are being saved (My user name is David):

C:\Documents and Settings\David\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files

I have tried everything I can think of by adjusting the setup in
various appplications without success. Since I can't stop the
cookies, my thought is that I might be able to automate their
deletion. As I said, my data backup uses a DOS batch file and XCOPY.
I have thought of inserting a DOS DELETE command into that batch file
to delete the contents of the above directory. I've tried this
without success. With the appropriate delete command, the batch file
generates no error messages. However, XP/Pro apparently ignores the
delete command because the temp internet files & cookies don't get
deleted.

I can use Windows Explorer and manually delete the stuff. But, I
can't figure out how to do it automatically.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

David

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