Default cookiie folder location

Can the default cookie folder location in Win98se be permanently
changed?

Ran a google search but the few suggestions I found did not work.

~J

"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
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Can the default cookie folder location in Win98se be permanently
changed?

Ran a google search but the few suggestions I found did not work.

~J



there are settings under 'shell folders' and 'user shell folders' that
specify location in registry (current_users)....if you feel lucky you can
change those :

I've never done that one ...backup first!

Click Start Run, type scanregw and click OK.
Click Yes when it asks if you want to back up your Registry.

Click Start Run, type regedit and click OK.
In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, navigate to and highlight this
registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

In the right-hand pane, find the value named "Cookies".
Double-click "Cookies", and type in the exact path to the folder you wish to use,
and click OK.
Close the Registry Editor.

Make sure you copy or create your cookies folder to that new location, in Windows
Explorer.

Alternately, you can navigate to that key and export it to a Registry file (.reg),
using Regedit's Registry menu Export. Then open the file with Notepad, change the
path in the file, and save the changes when you close Notepad. Then right-click the
modified .reg file and click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to the
confirmation.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
...
Can the default cookie folder location in Win98se be permanently
changed?

Ran a google search but the few suggestions I found did not work.

~J

Yeh. I already tried that method.

Discovered my dilemma is trying to movr the folder to another drive, not
to mention having a scramdisk formatted partition, which kinda scrambles
up the drive designations.

I just found it can be relocated elsewhere on C:\ via a simple matter of
drag & drop, but I get "Cannot move index. Access is denied" when
attempting to move it outside of C:\.

I can copy/paste the folder & alter the registry, but as soon as I
launch the browser or reboot, it reverts back to default.

Maybe If I did so then delete it in DOS? Anyone ever tried that?

I can't say whether it's because of the way scramdisk reconfigures
things, or the system just won't allow the cookie folder to reside
elsewhere in general, but I suspect the latter.






"glee" wrote in message
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Click Start Run, type scanregw and click OK.
Click Yes when it asks if you want to back up your Registry.

Click Start Run, type regedit and click OK.
In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, navigate to and
highlight this
registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\She
ll Folders

In the right-hand pane, find the value named "Cookies".
Double-click "Cookies", and type in the exact path to the folder you
wish to use,
and click OK.
Close the Registry Editor.

Make sure you copy or create your cookies folder to that new location,
in Windows
Explorer.

Alternately, you can navigate to that key and export it to a Registry
file (.reg),
using Regedit's Registry menu Export. Then open the file with
Notepad, change the
path in the file, and save the changes when you close Notepad. Then
right-click the
modified .reg file and click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to
the
confirmation.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"vegeddabowdit" wrote in
message
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Can the default cookie folder location in Win98se be permanently
changed?

Ran a google search but the few suggestions I found did not work.

~J

I don't see how scramdisk would be involved, as long as the drive you are trying to
move the Cookies to always has the same drive letter, and it is not one of the
encrypted virtual scramdisk drives.

Rather than trying to "copy" or "move" the Cookies folder after making the change in
the registry, try this:
Create a new empty folder on the drive where you want the cookies folder...name that
new empty folder Cookies.

Open IE, click the File menu Import and Export.
In the Wizard, choose to Export Cookies, then export them to a file (browse to a
location like My Documents and save the file there).
Close IE and all apps, make the change in the Shell Folders key of the registry,
then restart in MS-DOS Mode (Start Shutdown Restart in MS-DOS Mode).

In DOS Mode, you should be at the C:\Windows prompt.
Assuming that your Cookies folder in a sub-folder of the Windows folder, type the
following and press Enter after each line:
smartdrv
deltree /y cookies

When this operation is complete you will return to a C:\Windows prompt.
Type EXIT and press Enter, to restart Windows.

(If you Cookies folder was in another location, you will have to navigate there
using short DOS names, so check the location beforehand, in Windows, and post back
if it is another location.)

In Windows Explorer, look and see if you now have NO Cookies folder in the old
location, and you DO have the new empty folder you created in the new location. if
this is the case, open IE, click the File Menu Import and Export, then Import
Cookies From a File Browse to the file you saved earlier, and Import.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
...
Yeh. I already tried that method.

Discovered my dilemma is trying to movr the folder to another drive, not
to mention having a scramdisk formatted partition, which kinda scrambles
up the drive designations.

I just found it can be relocated elsewhere on C:\ via a simple matter of
drag & drop, but I get "Cannot move index. Access is denied" when
attempting to move it outside of C:\.

I can copy/paste the folder & alter the registry, but as soon as I
launch the browser or reboot, it reverts back to default.

Maybe If I did so then delete it in DOS? Anyone ever tried that?

I can't say whether it's because of the way scramdisk reconfigures
things, or the system just won't allow the cookie folder to reside
elsewhere in general, but I suspect the latter.






"glee" wrote in message
...
Click Start Run, type scanregw and click OK.
Click Yes when it asks if you want to back up your Registry.

Click Start Run, type regedit and click OK.
In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, navigate to and
highlight this
registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\She
ll Folders

In the right-hand pane, find the value named "Cookies".
Double-click "Cookies", and type in the exact path to the folder you
wish to use,
and click OK.
Close the Registry Editor.

Make sure you copy or create your cookies folder to that new location,
in Windows
Explorer.

Alternately, you can navigate to that key and export it to a Registry
file (.reg),
using Regedit's Registry menu Export. Then open the file with
Notepad, change the
path in the file, and save the changes when you close Notepad. Then
right-click the
modified .reg file and click Merge on the menu that appears, and OK to
the
confirmation.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"vegeddabowdit" wrote in
message
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Can the default cookie folder location in Win98se be permanently
changed?

Ran a google search but the few suggestions I found did not work.

~J

Hi Glen

Rather than trying to "copy" or "move" the Cookies folder after
making the change in the registry, try this:

Did just as you suggested.

"deltree /y cookies" removes the folder, but the results are still the
same. The folder is recreated on restart.
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
Also tried moving it,

move C:\windows\cookies d:\backup

but got "cannot be moved - permission denied
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This works

move C:\windows\cookies\index.dat d:\backup\cookies

but makes no difference as default is again reinstated upon restart
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
At first I thought maybe some setting or third party utility might be
responsible, but since I can move the folder within C:\, & in DOS I can
move index.dat to D:\ (thereby officially eliminating scramdisk as a
complication), it doesn't seem likely.

Please don't be insulted, but have you actually swapped a cookies
folder to another drive, or is this theoretical?

thx

~J

No, I have not moved a Cookie folder...this is based on what *should* happen. I
will try it myself here when I have time, and let you know if it works for me.

Are you FIRST making the Registry change in Shell Folder key and creating the new
empty Cookie folder, PRIOR to doing the Deltree and restart?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
...
Hi Glen

Rather than trying to "copy" or "move" the Cookies folder after
making the change in the registry, try this:

Did just as you suggested.

"deltree /y cookies" removes the folder, but the results are still the
same. The folder is recreated on restart.
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
Also tried moving it,

move C:\windows\cookies d:\backup

but got "cannot be moved - permission denied
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This works

move C:\windows\cookies\index.dat d:\backup\cookies

but makes no difference as default is again reinstated upon restart
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
At first I thought maybe some setting or third party utility might be
responsible, but since I can move the folder within C:\, & in DOS I can
move index.dat to D:\ (thereby officially eliminating scramdisk as a
complication), it doesn't seem likely.

Please don't be insulted, but have you actually swapped a cookies
folder to another drive, or is this theoretical?

thx

~J

Additionally, the default location may still be recreated, but the new folder may
actually be used. Have you tried importing the exported cookies, to see which
folder they get put into?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"glee" wrote in message
...
No, I have not moved a Cookie folder...this is based on what *should* happen. I
will try it myself here when I have time, and let you know if it works for me.

Are you FIRST making the Registry change in Shell Folder key and creating the new
empty Cookie folder, PRIOR to doing the Deltree and restart?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
...
Hi Glen

Rather than trying to "copy" or "move" the Cookies folder after
making the change in the registry, try this:

Did just as you suggested.

"deltree /y cookies" removes the folder, but the results are still the
same. The folder is recreated on restart.
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
Also tried moving it,

move C:\windows\cookies d:\backup

but got "cannot be moved - permission denied
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This works

move C:\windows\cookies\index.dat d:\backup\cookies

but makes no difference as default is again reinstated upon restart
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
At first I thought maybe some setting or third party utility might be
responsible, but since I can move the folder within C:\, & in DOS I can
move index.dat to D:\ (thereby officially eliminating scramdisk as a
complication), it doesn't seem likely.

Please don't be insulted, but have you actually swapped a cookies
folder to another drive, or is this theoretical?

thx

~J

I never did it, either. Could be, as you say, he did things out of =
sequence, or a dummy C:\Windows\Cookies is created. ANYWAY...

Registry Detective finds 3 instances of "\Cookies" in my Registry...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shel=
l Folders
Cookies "C:\WINDOWS\Cookies" String

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ProfileReconc=
iliation\Cookies
DefaultDir "*windir\Cookies" String

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet =
Settings\Cache\Special Paths\Cookies
Directory "c:\windows\Cookies" String


--=20
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"glee" wrote in message =
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| Additionally, the default location may still be recreated, but the new =
folder may
| actually be used. Have you tried importing the exported cookies, to =
see which
| folder they get put into?
| --=20
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|=20
| "glee" wrote in message
| ...
| No, I have not moved a Cookie folder...this is based on what =
*should* happen. I
| will try it myself here when I have time, and let you know if it =
works for me.
|
| Are you FIRST making the Registry change in Shell Folder key and =
creating the new
| empty Cookie folder, PRIOR to doing the Deltree and restart?
| --=20
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "vegeddabowdit" wrote in =
message
| ...
| Hi Glen
|
| Rather than trying to "copy" or "move" the Cookies folder after
| making the change in the registry, try this:
|
| Did just as you suggested.
|
| "deltree /y cookies" removes the folder, but the results are still =
the
| same. The folder is recreated on restart.
| ------------------------------------------------------------------
| ------------------------------------------------------------------
| Also tried moving it,
|
| move C:\windows\cookies d:\backup
|
| but got "cannot be moved - permission denied
| =
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| =
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| This works
|
| move C:\windows\cookies\index.dat d:\backup\cookies
|
| but makes no difference as default is again reinstated upon =
restart
| =
----------------------------------------------------------------------
| =
----------------------------------------------------------------------
| At first I thought maybe some setting or third party utility might =
be
| responsible, but since I can move the folder within C:\, & in DOS =
I can
| move index.dat to D:\ (thereby officially eliminating scramdisk as =
a
| complication), it doesn't seem likely.
|
| Please don't be insulted, but have you actually swapped a cookies
| folder to another drive, or is this theoretical?
|
| thx
|
| ~J
|
|
|
|
|

I think you found the *other* Registry key that would be involved, PCR:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet
Settings\Cache\Special Paths\Cookies

That, along with the Shell Folders entry, are probably both required to be changed.

However, with these "special" folders, usually all that is needed is to drag and
drop the folder in the location you want it, and Windows changes the Registry
itself. I know it does this with the My Documents folder. I dunno why the OP
cannot drag and drop the folder in the first place. Time for me to try some things
here, when I get some time in a little while. Just got home from work, and I am on
my way out again.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I never did it, either. Could be, as you say, he did things out of sequence, or a
dummy C:\Windows\Cookies is created. ANYWAY...

Registry Detective finds 3 instances of "\Cookies" in my Registry...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Cookies "C:\WINDOWS\Cookies" String

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ProfileReconciliation\Co
okies
DefaultDir "*windir\Cookies" String

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet
Settings\Cache\Special Paths\Cookies
Directory "c:\windows\Cookies" String


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"glee" wrote in message
...
| Additionally, the default location may still be recreated, but the new folder may
| actually be used. Have you tried importing the exported cookies, to see which
| folder they get put into?
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
| "glee" wrote in message
| ...
| No, I have not moved a Cookie folder...this is based on what *should* happen. I
| will try it myself here when I have time, and let you know if it works for me.
|
| Are you FIRST making the Registry change in Shell Folder key and creating the
new
| empty Cookie folder, PRIOR to doing the Deltree and restart?
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
| ...
| Hi Glen
|
| Rather than trying to "copy" or "move" the Cookies folder after
| making the change in the registry, try this:
|
| Did just as you suggested.
|
| "deltree /y cookies" removes the folder, but the results are still the
| same. The folder is recreated on restart.
| ------------------------------------------------------------------
| ------------------------------------------------------------------
| Also tried moving it,
|
| move C:\windows\cookies d:\backup
|
| but got "cannot be moved - permission denied
| --------------------------------------------------------------------
| --------------------------------------------------------------------
| This works
|
| move C:\windows\cookies\index.dat d:\backup\cookies
|
| but makes no difference as default is again reinstated upon restart
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| At first I thought maybe some setting or third party utility might be
| responsible, but since I can move the folder within C:\, & in DOS I can
| move index.dat to D:\ (thereby officially eliminating scramdisk as a
| complication), it doesn't seem likely.
|
| Please don't be insulted, but have you actually swapped a cookies
| folder to another drive, or is this theoretical?
|
| thx
|
| ~J
|
|
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