(OT) Where Are Cookies Stored?

[Victor Subervi]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Dave Angel <davea at ieee.org> wrote:

>
>
> Victor Subervi wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:57 PM, r0g <aioe.org at technicalbloke.com> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>  Cookies in FF for Windows are stored in an sqlite database in here...
>>>
>>> ~\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\%XYZ%\firefox_profile\
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Man, I searched C drive (the only drive) on this computer where I'm
>> working
>> (Internet cafe) for "Application Data" and nuttin.
>> V
>>
>>
>>
> How are you searching?  Microsoft is so sure we don't want to see the gory
> details that they hide all sorts of things, by default.  And especially on a
> public computer, you shouldn't even look with Explorer.  As for searching
> with Explorer, there are not only design problems, but bugs as well.  Get a
> command line, and do something like:
>
>    dir  /s  c:\Firefox
>
> if you search directly for Application Data, you have to be sure to
> properly use quotes.  You also need to add the /ah switch, since it's a
> hidden directory.  So I cheat by searching for a subdirectory under it.
>
> You can also find the appdata directory by looking at the environment
> variable USERPROFILE, switching to that directory, and descending directly
> into "application data" by using the tab key.
>
> C:\>set USERPROFILE
> USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\davea
>
> C:\>cd "Documents and Settings\davea"
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\davea>cd "Application Data"
>
> I got the last line by typing    cd app   then pressing the tab key (this
> adds the quotes and spaces for me)
>
> Anyway, once you're in the Firefox directory, do:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\davea\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox>dir /s
> cook*
>
> and you'll see the actual file.
>
> You can also search for it from the root, but I have 13 files cookies.*
> and 8  cookies.sqlite
>
> Incidentally, lots of interesting stuff is in the USERPROFILE directory, so
> it's a good thing to know how to quickly find.  Different versions of
> Windows put it different places, but it ends with the logged-in user name.
>  So user-specific data is typically stored there.  Some versions of Python
> even include a directory under it in the sys.path directory list.
>

That was great! Thanks, Dave!
V
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