Location of Cookies File in Internet Explorer

 Last reviewed: August 27, 1997
Article ID: Q153417

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0

SUMMARY

Cookies are web page specific variables that are set on the client computer by the web server.

MORE INFORMATION

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.

Additional query words: prodiis
Keywords : iissetup kbnetwork
Version : 1.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 27, 1997
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