delete cookies-still have many

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Leonard F Kiesling

using win 98se, dell xpst-450 desktop, 6+ yrs old. pentIII, 450mhz, 384 ram,
13 gig drive, I.E. 6.0.

i deleted cookies via i.e. properties> delete cookies.

in my c:\windows\cookies i still show 1307 items. all cookies except an
"index.dat" file.

just wondering why the cookies weren't removed using i.e. properties option
to "delete cookies". i applied 3 times.

can i safely manually delete the cookies?

thank you, len kiesling
 
Hi,
You can safely go to the Cookies folder and delete those cookies manually.

You may have a corrupted Cookies folder. Delete it from dos and a new one
will be created on restart.

See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm Note that you don't have to
delete temp or tempor~1 or history if you only want to delete the Cookies
folder. The choice is yours.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
thank you for reply!

not sure about dos method of deleting cookies folder. could it be deleted
thru explorer (& placed in recycle, just in case something goes wrong) &
then complete a restart?

or, if i just manually delete the cookies, should the index.dat file be
deleted also?

thank you. len kiesling

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
You can safely go to the Cookies folder and delete those cookies manually.

You may have a corrupted Cookies folder. Delete it from dos and a new one
will be created on restart.

See: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm Note that you don't have to
delete temp or tempor~1 or history if you only want to delete the Cookies
folder. The choice is yours.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Leonard F Kiesling said:
using win 98se, dell xpst-450 desktop, 6+ yrs old. pentIII, 450mhz, 384 ram,
13 gig drive, I.E. 6.0.

i deleted cookies via i.e. properties> delete cookies.

in my c:\windows\cookies i still show 1307 items. all cookies except an
"index.dat" file.

just wondering why the cookies weren't removed using i.e. properties option
to "delete cookies". i applied 3 times.

can i safely manually delete the cookies?

thank you, len kiesling
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Hi,
You won't be able to delete the Cookies folder from Windows Explorer.

After 6 years, your Cookies folder is overdue for a deletion. This should
resolve the inability to delete cookies. By deleting the Cookies folder, the
index.dat file will also be deleted and recreated- a fresh start all around.

Sorry, the instructions at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm aren't
as complete as I thought.

Try this [Win 98]
- - - -
Restart in Ms-Dos Mode
From C:\> (type and press Enter after each command)

cd\windows
smartdrv
deltree cookies

Restart (Ctrl-Alt-Del)
- - - -

Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
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