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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