Thank you Peter. I think I'll try Cookie Monster. I vaguely recall using Karenware's cookie utility a few years back...a pretty good program.
I went back into the temporary internet files folder to see if I missed any option to remedy the problem. It was back to normal...all the old and new cookies were displayed. It's like the warning light in my car that went off when I reached the mechanic.
Thank you again for providing an alternative to messing with the temporary internet files folder and ending up with a strange situation.
Norman Ushijima
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:01:22 -0400
From: Peter Ekkerman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Missing cookies
Hello Norman,
Your question is almost like a riddle: The cookies are missing,yet you
can see them in the cookies folder.
I don't know the reason - it could be because of a corrupted user
profile or because of a Microsoft update,
like a security update.
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
The default location for cookies is "C:\Documents and
Settings\UserName\Cookies"
Actually I show the same symptoms - the cookies used to be mixed with
the temp internet files,
now they only show under Cookies.
Rather than worry about it, I "invested" (free) in a cookie manager.
Much easier than exploring the temp internet or cookies folder(s)
Some examples:
http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/CookieMonster.php
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp
The 2 above give the most info - Some others below:
http://www.historykill.info/cookie-manager.htm Look under Utilities
http://pmdevigne.home.dyndns.org/
CookieWall
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/cookie.htm
http://www.reohix.com/cookiespook.htm
BTW,most of the above sites also list some other, very useful
utilities.
Hope this helped a little :)
Peter E.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [PCSOFT] Missing cookies
From: Norman Ushijima <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: 28-Mar-2008 8:24:43 PM
> Hello,
>
> Yesterday, the cookies in the temporary internet files are now either
hidden or being automatically deleted. The files aren't, even though
I have "empty temporary internet files folder when browser is closed"
checked in internet options/advanced menu. I can go to the cookies
folder in documents and settings to view the cookies, new and old. Because
my wife and I visit an online game site, I daily manually delete
unwanted cookies.
>
> I'm using WinXP SP2 Home, auto updated, security and privacy settings
are at medium. Haven't changed or downloaded/installed anything.
Don't recall anything out of the ordinary occurring yesterday unless
replacing the optical drive by a Dell technician counts.
>
> Don't know if this has any relevance to the problem, but, Windows
crashed about
> 6-8 weeks ago and had Dell help me re-install XP with the disk
provided with the computer. The pc is about 4 months old but Windows seemed
a little flakey from the get go. After the re-install, everything
appeared to be fine until this missing cookies business.
>
> May I have some suggestions/recommendations as to what happened and
how to fix the problem?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Norman Ushijima
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