basic cookie questions

got the basic concept and looked into a few cookie files on my pc

there is a file called index.dat in the cookies folder that has record
groups of 'url' and 'cookie' record types,
which seem to correspond to the 'cookie' .txt files
what is this file used for? i noticed there are recs in index.dat that don't
have any cookie files?

also i was on a new site, that i didn't have a cookie file, and while
filling in a form it brought up the drop down list
of suggested fill ins, one was my email addresses, since there was no cookie
for that site i'm guessing there is an
ie6 file/database somewhere that has this info? if so where is that, i would
like to edit it and get rid of some old info

bob

"bbxrider" <bxtrap01@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> got the basic concept and looked into a few cookie files on my pc
>
> there is a file called index.dat in the cookies folder that has record
> groups of 'url' and 'cookie' record types,
> which seem to correspond to the 'cookie' .txt files
> what is this file used for? i noticed there are recs in index.dat that
> don't
> have any cookie files?
>
> also i was on a new site, that i didn't have a cookie file, and while
> filling in a form it brought up the drop down list
> of suggested fill ins, one was my email addresses, since there was no
> cookie
> for that site i'm guessing there is an
> ie6 file/database somewhere that has this info? if so where is that, i
> would
> like to edit it and get rid of some old info
>
> bob
>
>

Something worth investigating first is search engines.

They help you to find out many things- try this link with your question
asked- there are a number of results that ......
http://uk.ask.com/web?q=how+do+cooki...c=0&o=0&dm=all

thanks that was a good discussion,

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>
> "bbxrider" <bxtrap01@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:u62MxZ58FHA.1020@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > got the basic concept and looked into a few cookie files on my pc
> >
> > there is a file called index.dat in the cookies folder that has record
> > groups of 'url' and 'cookie' record types,
> > which seem to correspond to the 'cookie' .txt files
> > what is this file used for? i noticed there are recs in index.dat that
> > don't
> > have any cookie files?
> >
> > also i was on a new site, that i didn't have a cookie file, and while
> > filling in a form it brought up the drop down list
> > of suggested fill ins, one was my email addresses, since there was no
> > cookie
> > for that site i'm guessing there is an
> > ie6 file/database somewhere that has this info? if so where is that, i
> > would
> > like to edit it and get rid of some old info
> >
> > bob
> >
> >
>
> Something worth investigating first is search engines.
>
> They help you to find out many things- try this link with your question
> asked- there are a number of results that ......
> http://uk.ask.com/web?q=how+do+cooki...c=0&o=0&dm=all
>
>