Cookies

[Loosescrew]

Can someone tell me why my cookies do not totally clean up. When I use the "Delete History" options on IE or when I use Clean Sweep, cookies in the Cookie folder are deleted, but the reference to them in the "Temporary Internet Folder" is left behind.
I have noticed that the cookies in the Temp folder have the following format and appear to be protected somehow:

Cookie:mike baird@bfast.com/

I can remove them using a batch file, but normal clean up procedures do not work.

Thanks

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you can't fix it, it wasn't broke.

[ironside]

windows sometimes put cookies in palaces so they wont be deleted this is to store then for your later use.
there is a small freeware program that will search and find all cookies on your harddrive and then allow you to delete them.
heres a link to it
cookie eater (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-3356748-100-1613423.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-13.1613423)

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[This message has been edited by ironside (edited 27 November 2000).]

[The Geeq]

Use DOS! Dos does not have all the user-safty features of windows. That will do it w/o a problem. But keep in mind though if windows is protecting the file, usually there is a reason for it so I personally would respect its warning or it may haunt you later. It would be a whole differnet story if you were trying to specificly delete a certain file (index.dat, etc). THEN it would be fine because you would now for sure if it is a file that can be deleted w/o affecting anything else.
..also...

Make sure you completely clean out all temporary internet files (which includes cookies) by:
1. From Internet Explorer -> tools -> internet options ->
1. Delete Temporary Internet files and also check "delete offline content"
2. Go to settings -> view files -> hold CTRL and "a" and hit del to delete the cookies
3. Aftering hitting the "x" and hitting ok for window below and clear history.

Do that every so often to keep your temporary internet files clean. That should work for you unless you have a deeper issue at hand here.

Hope that helps you!

[chacmool]

After you delete the Cookies & Temp. Internet Files the normal way...right click on the folders & select «Properties».

You will still see many files & folders left over. The index.dat files will be BIG.

¿Want to <u>really</u> get rid of all that stuff & get your index.dat files down (in size)?

1. Restart computer in MS-DOS mode.

2. At the C:\WINDOWS&gt; prompt, type: deltree /y cookies & hit enter.

3. When finished, type: deltree /y tempor~1 & hit enter.

4. Re-boot computer. All will be gone...the index.dat file(s) will have been deleated (recreated upon re-boot, only <u>alot smaller in size</u>).

On can also do the same to the « History » folder (in MS-DOS), in one wants to do it.

My 2¼¢