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| Where Are Windows Vista Cookies !? |
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The Enigmatic Cookies Folder In Vista |
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| Type Cookies in Start Menu. and it may take you to
C:\Users\Username\cookies folder. When you try to click on it, in all probability, you will be greeted with an Access Denied box. This path, however, is just a kind of a pointer. |
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| To see where IE 7 stores its Cookies in Windows Vista : |
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| Open Explorer > Organize > Folder Options > Views > Check 'Do not show hidden files and folders' and Uncheck 'Hide protected OS files' > Apply > OK. |
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| Now you will be able to see the two real locations of Vista's Cookies folders. |
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C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low |
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| As mentioned elsewhere on this site, in Vista, processes run with integrity levels as defined by the Mandatory Integrity Control Feature. 'Protected Mode' Internet Explorer, runs as a 'Low Privilege' process. This prevents the Internet Explorer from writing to areas of the File System or the Registry that require a higher privilege! What happens, is that, Vista creates a set of folders and files, for use with Protected Mode' Internet Explorer. These folders and files share the same Low Privilege level as Internet Explorer. |
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| One of these 4 'low privilege' folders, used by IE7 in Vista, in the course of daily operation, is Cookies, the other being Cache, History & Temp, and is located at: |
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%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low |
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| With the IE 7 Protected Mode Turned On, the browser essentially runs as a low privilege process; as a result of which it can store / read / write cookies in the LOW version of the Cookies folder: |
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C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low |
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| But if you have turn UAC off or Disabled the Protected Mode in IE 7, in Windows Vista, they (like cache, temp & history) will mostly be stored in: |
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C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies |
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| More about Cookies here, at Cookies : An Over-Rated Threat ? |
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These Links may Interest You:
The Mystery of Temporary Internet Files in Windows Vista.
The Secret Of Vista's Winsxs Folder. |
| How To Remove IE7s Expired Cookies From Vista. |
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