Location of Cookies File in Internet Explorer
ID: Q153417
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0
SUMMARY
Cookies are web page specific variables that are set on the client computer
by the web server.
MORE INFORMATION
These "cookie variables" are stored on the client computer, and hold
information that is sent to the server upon connection. Cookies are usually
used to hold personal preferences for a web page. As an example,
http://www.msn.com uses cookies to set up a "custom page" for any user with
a browser that supports cookies.
The location of the cookie files on Internet Explorer are in the following
locations:
- Internet Explorer 1.5 for Windows NT: %systemroot%\cookie.jar
- Internet Explorer 2.0: \Program Files\Plus!\Microsoft
Internet\cookies.txt
- Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows NT:
%systemroot%\COOKIES\<username>@<sitename>.txt
- Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95: \Windows\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
- Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT
version 3.51: Internet Explorer installation directory as the
file name Emcookie.dat.
- Internet Explorer 4.x for Windows 95: \%windir%\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
- Internet Explorer 4.x for Windows 98: \%windir%\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
- Internet Explorer 4.x for Windows NT: \%systemroot%\profiles\%username%\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
- Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95: \%windir%\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
- Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98: \%windir%\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
- Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT: \%systemroot%\profiles\%username%\Cookies\
<username>@<site name>.txt
The location of cookies can also change on computers running Windows 95/98 if User Profiles are enabled, so that they are stored in the \%windir%\profiles\username\cookies directory.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbnetwork iissetup
Version : winnt:1.0
Platform : winnt
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