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Q153417: Location of Cookies File in Internet Explorer

Article: Q153417
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 25-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Cookies are web page specific variables that are set on the client computer by
the web server.

MORE INFORMATION
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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: prodiis

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis100
Version           : winnt:1.0

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