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- IECookiesView v1.60
- Copyright (c) 2002 - 2004 Nir Sofer
- Web site: http://nirsoft.mirrorz.com
-
-
- Description
- ===========
-
- IECookiesView is a small utility that displays the details of all cookies
- that Internet Explorer stores on your computer.
- In addition, It allows you to do the following actions:
- * Sort the cookies list by any column you want, by clicking the column
- header. A second click sorts the column in descending order.
- * Find a cookie in the list by specifying the name of the Web site.
- * Select and delete the unwanted cookies.
- * Save the cookies to a readable text file.
- * Copy cookie information into the clipboard.
- * Automatically refresh the cookies list when a Web site sends you a
- cookie.
- * Display the cookies of other users and from other computers.
- * Open the IECookiesView utility directly from Internet Explorer
- toolbar.
- * Change the content of a cookie !
- * Export your cookies to Netscape/Mozilla cookies file.
- * Block specific Web sites from using cookies through the cookies
- blocking mechanism of Internet Explorer 6.0.
-
-
-
- Advantages of this utility
- ==========================
-
-
- * This utility is completely freeware ! You don't have to pay anything
- in order to continue using it.
- * The utility is a standalone executable. it doesn't require any
- additional DLLs, and installation is not required.
- * The executable (iecv.exe) is small and compact. Only 50KB !
- * If you have a network, you can watch the cookies of other computers,
- as long as you have a read permission on the cookies folder of other
- computers.
- * On Windows NT/2000/XP, You can watch the cookies of other users on
- the same computer, as long as you have the right access permissions on
- the cookies folders.
-
-
-
- System Requirements
- ===================
-
-
- * Windows operating system: Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000
- or Windows XP.
- * Internet Explorer, Versions 4.0 - 6.0
-
-
- License
- =======
-
- This utility is released as freeware. You can freely use and distribute
- it. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the
- distribution package including the readme.txt, without any modification !
-
-
-
- Disclaimer
- ==========
-
- The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed
- or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not
- be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages
- due to loss of data or any other reason.
-
-
-
- Versions History
- ================
-
-
-
-
- 1.60
- 10/03/2004
-
- * Automatically Save Selections: Allows you to automatically save your
- cookies selections when you exit from IECookiesView, and then load it
- again in the next time that you use IECookiesView.
- * New Delete/Destroy options: Allows you to delete all your cookies,
- except the cookies that you select.
- * Export cookies to Netscape/Mozilla cookies file.
- * 'Beep On Change' option - Beep each time that there is a change in
- cookies. (In Auto Refresh mode)
- * All dialog-boxes are now automatically centered.
-
-
- 1.50
- 28/03/2003
-
- * Cookies Blocking/Allowing in version 6 of Internet Explorer
- * Remember checked items after choosing other columns.
- * New command-line options: /inst, /uninst, /user
- * Sort by selection.
- * Select by Domain/Site.
- * The size of the executable was decreased to 80K.
- * Save as tab-delimited file.
- * Save / Load Selection.
-
-
- 1.40
- 12/01/2003
-
- * A new user interface for selecting cookies.
- * Destroying a cookie: allows you to delete the cookie including the
- reference in the cookies index file (index.dat).
- * A counter is shown on the status bar while loading the cookies.
- * Fixed problem: After finding a cookie, the focus is not lost.
-
-
- 1.30
- 30/10/2002
-
- * New column in the bottom sub-window: "Created In" - Tells you whether
- the cookie was created in the Web Server or in the client (Internet
- Explorer with JScript/VBScript).
- * Improvement in identification of advertising related cookies (Ad
- column).
- * New option: open the highlighted cookie file in Wordpad.
- * After a cookie deletion: the focus is returned to the right place.
- * Ability to change the cookie's content.
- * Fixed bug: In previous version, the 'Secure' field in the bottom
- sub-window displayed wrong values in some circumstances.
- * Each time you run IECookiesView, the cookies that has been modified
- and accessed since the last run, are marked in yellow and green colors.
- * Improvement in user interface (Especially in tab orders).
- * Improvement in domain parsing. (The domain column in the top
- sub-window)
- * Open cookies folder in Explorer.
- * Fixed Problem with the 'Tracks Eraser' utility: IECookies will allow
- you to view the cookies even if the index.dat file is corrupted.
- * Pop-up menu in the bottom sub-window.
-
-
- 1.20
- 05/08/2002
-
- * Pop-up menu in the top sub-window.
- * Automatically remember your last settings (windows size, split
- location, column settings, and more...)
- * New option: open the highlighted cookie file in Notepad.
- * Installation options in File menu.
- * Choose Columns option in View menu: allows you to select the columns
- that you want to see in the top sub-window. (Like in Explorer of
- Windows 2000/XP)
- * "Obsolete Cookie Files" in View menu: allows you to view the cookies
- that are not listed in index.dat
- * New column in the top sub-window: "Ad" column - Automatically
- identifies advertising related cookies.
- * New column in the top sub-window: "Domain" column - Shows the domain
- name of the cookies file.
-
-
- 1.10
- 26/06/2002
-
- * Windows 2000-style sort arrows in the columns headers.
- * New icons in the bottom window: expired cookies are shown with red
- icon.
- * Copy cookies information into the clipboard.
- * View Duplicate references in index.dat
- * Status column in the top sub-window.
- * Default button in "Select Cookies Folder" dialog-box.
- * Cookie property page.
- * Adding a cookies button into the toolbar of Internet Explorer
- * Open Internet Explorer window and connect the Web site of the
- highlighted cookie file.
- * A little improvement in performances of cookies loading.
- * /dir: command-line option: Run the IECookiesView utility with another
- cookies folder
- * /mi command-line option.
- * Some changes and fixed bugs in modified/accessed/created dates.
- * Fixed bug: In previous version, the default cookies directory for
- windows 95 was x:\windows\profiles\user-name\cookies instead of
- x:\windows\cookies.
- * Fixed bug: In previous version, if you switched to "Auto Refresh"
- mode, and than canceled it, by selecting it again from the menu, the
- window was continuing to automatically refresh the cookies list, even
- if the "Auto Refresh" in the menu was unchecked. This bug is fixed on
- version 1.10
- * Fixed bug: Error message when trying to load cookies from remote
- computer by using a UNC path (\\computer\folder)
-
-
- 1.00
- 06/06/2002
- First Release
-
-
-
- Start using the IECookiesView utility
- =====================================
-
- This utility is a standalone executable, and it doesn't require any
- installation process or additional DLLs. In order to start using it,
- simply run the executable (iecv.exe) from any folder you want. If you
- have a network, you can put the executable on the server, allowing all
- the workstations on the network to use this utility... And remember: No
- additional DLLs are required. As long as you have Internet Explorer
- (Version 4.0 and above) on your computer, it'll work !
-
- If you want to create a shortcut to IECookiesView utility or to add a
- cookies button to Internet Explorer toolbar, you can easily do it by
- selecting the "Installation Options" option from the File menu.
-
- If you have a previous version of IECookiesView, you can just overwrite
- the previous executable (iecv.exe), and start using the new one.
-
-
-
- Uninstall IECookiesView
- =======================
-
- The IECookiesView utility doesn't provide an uninstall module, but in
- most cases, you can remove it from your computer simply by deleting the
- files of IECookiesView (iecv.exe and iecv.chm). However, if you added a
- cookies icon into the toolbar of Internet Explorer (by using the
- "Installation Options" or /inst command-line option), you should remove
- it before you delete the IECookiesView utility.
- There are 3 different ways to remove the cookies icon from the toolbar of
- Internet Explorer: (You have to use only one of them)
- * In the 'File' menu, select "Installation Options", verify that all 3
- options are unchecked, and press the 'Ok' button.
- * Run IECookiesView with /uninst command-line option (iecv.exe /uninst)
- * In Internet Explorer application: Right-click on the main toolbar of
- Internet Explorer, and from the popup menu, select "Customize". In the
- "Customize Toolbar" window, remove the cookies icon from list of
- toolbar buttons.
-
- The first and the second options also remove the shortcuts to
- IECookiesView in the desktop and in the start-menu.
-
-
-
- The main window
- ===============
-
- The main window of IECookiesView contains two sub-windows: The top
- sub-window displays the list of all cookies files and their details. When
- you select (highlight) a cookies file in the top sub-window, its cookies
- are shown in the bottom sub-window. Each cookies file has at least one
- cookie line in the bottom sub-window, unless it's deleted or corrupted.
- You can increase and decrease the size of both windows by dragging the
- splitter to the right direction.
-
- The top sub-window
- ==================
-
- The top sub-window displays the details of each cookies file in 11
- different columns.
- You can add, remove, or change the location of a column, by using the
- "Choose columns" option in the View menu.
- The following table provides basic information about each available
- column:
-
-
-
- Web site
- The Web site that use this cookies file.
-
- Hits
- Number of times that the cookies file was accessed by the Web site. This
- value is increased by one in each time that the Web site receives
- information from the cookies file.
-
- Accessed Date
- The last time that the cookies file was accessed by the Web site.
-
- Modified Date
- The last time that the cookies file was modified by the Web site.
-
- Created Date
- The time that the cookies file was originally created.
-
- Size
- The size of the cookies file (in bytes)
-
- User
- The logged-on user that accepted the cookie. For this column, there is a
- different between Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP:
-
- * In Windows NT/2000/XP: Each user has a separated cookies folder, so
- the value in this column is always identical for all cookies.
- * In Windows 95/98/ME: Unless you explicitly create new user profiles,
- all users share the same cookies folder (in c:\windows\cookies), and
- thus you can watch the cookies of all users on the system.
-
-
- Filename
- the filename of this cookie in the cookies folder.
-
- Status
- The status of the cookies file. It can be one of the following statuses:
- * Active: The cookies file is active.
- * Deleted: The cookies file was deleted. Deleted cookies files will be
- shown only if "Deleted Cookies Files" in the View menu is checked.
- * Duplicate: The record is a duplicate reference to the same cookies
- file. Duplicate references in the cookies index file are shown only if
- "Duplicate Records" in the View menu is checked.
-
-
- Ad
- This column can help to identify unwanted advertising related cookies.
- This column can contain one of the following values:
- * Yes: The cookie file was created by a known advertising Web site.
- * Suspect: The Web site that created this cookie file is possibly
- related to advertising. IECookiesView identifies suspect Web sites by
- parsing the URL of the Web site.
- * Unknown: IECookiesView cannot determine whether the cookie file was
- created by an advertising Web site.
-
-
- Domain
- In many cases, one Web site might create cookies with different host
- names. For example: yahoo.com might send you cookies with the following
- host names: groups.yahoo.com, local.yahoo.com, store.yahoo.com and more...
- This column displays the domain name of the Web site, by extracting it
- from the Web site name. If you sort the cookies list by this column, you
- can easily view all cookies of a specific Web site (e.g.: All cookies
- files of yahoo.com will be displayed in one chunk)
-
-
- When you click on a column header, the cookies files list is sorted by
- the clicked column. A second click sorts the column in descending order.
-
-
-
- The bottom sub-window
- =====================
-
- The bottom sub-window displays the details of the highlighted cookies
- file in 6 different columns:
-
-
-
- Key
- The name of the cookie
-
- Value
- The value of the cookie
-
- Domain
- The domain name. It usually the same as the Web site in the top
- sub-window.
-
- Secure
- Specifies whether the cookie is secure.
-
- Expiration Date
- the expiration date of the cookie.
-
- Modified Date
- The last time that the cookie was modified by the Web site.
-
- Created In
- Specifies where the cookie was created:
- * Server: The cookie was sent to the client by the Web Server.
- * Client: The cookie was created in the client (Internet Explorer) by
- using JavaScript or VBScript.
-
-
- When you click on a column header, the cookies list is sorted by the
- clicked column. A second click sorts the column in descending order.
- Each line in the bottom sub-window contains an icon that indicates
- whether the cookie is expired or not. If a cookie is expired, a red icon
- will be displayed. otherwise, a green icon will be displayed. The
- expiration status is determined by comparing the expiration date of the
- cookie with the current local time of your computer. When a cookie is
- expired (red icon), the Web site cannot use it anymore, unless it sends a
- new cookie, with a new expiration date.
-
-
-
- The menu bar
- ============
-
- The following options are available in the menu bar:
- * File
- o Change User: Allows you to display the cookies of another user
- profile. This option is not available on Windows 95/98/ME, unless you
- explicitly add new user profiles from Control Panel.
- o Select Cookies Folder: Allows you to display the cookies from
- another cookies folder. You can also select a cookies folder from
- another computer in a network.
- o Open Cookies Folder In Explorer: Open Explorer window with the
- current cookies folder.
- o Installation Options: Allows you to add or remove the following
- items: shortcut to IECookiesView on the desktop, shortcut to
- IECookiesView in the start menu, and the cookies button in the
- Internet Explorer toolbar.
- o Open Web site: Open Internet Explorer window and connect the Web
- site of the highlighted cookie file.
- o Open With Notepad: Open the highlighted cookie file in Notepad.
- o Open With Wordpad: Open the highlighted cookie file in Wordpad.
- o Save Current Selections: Save the information about currently
- selected cookies files into a file. Later, you can select again the
- same cookies files, by loading the selections file.
- o Load Selections File: Select the cookies files, by using the
- information in a previously saved selections file.
- o Save Selected cookies Files: Save the selected cookies files (in
- the top sub-window) into a readable text file or a tab-delimited text
- file.
- o Export To Netscape/Mozilla File: Export the selected cookies
- files (in the top sub-window) into a Netscape/Mozilla cookies file.
- o Exit: Exit from IECookiesView utility.
-
- * Edit
- o Copy Selected Cookies Files: Copy the information about the
- selected cookies files into the clipboard. You can paste the copied
- information into Notepad, or any other text editor.
- o Select By Domain or Web Site: Select all cookies files created by
- specific domains or Web sites.
- o Select highlighted Items: Select all items that are highlighted
- with blue color.
- o Deselect highlighted Items: Deselect all items that are
- highlighted with blue color.
- o Select All Items: Select all cookies files in the top sub-window.
- o Deselect All Items: Deselect all cookies files in the top
- sub-window.
- o Delete Selected Cookies Files: Delete all selected cookies files.
- o Destroy Selected Cookies Files: Delete all selected cookies files
- and the references to them in the cookies index file (index.dat).
- o Delete All Except The Selected Cookies:Delete all your cookies
- files ,except the cookies that are currently selected.
- o Destroy All Except The Selected Cookies:Delete all your cookies
- and the references to them in the cookies index file ,except the
- cookies that are currently selected.
- o Update Selected Cookies Files: Update the information of the
- cookie file in the cookies index file (index.dat). You use this
- option if you modify a cookie file with external editor (like
- Notepad), and you want to force IE to use the modified file.
- o Cookies Blocking Options (IE6 Only !): Block/Allow the selected
- cookies in Internet Explorer. For more details, read here
- o Find: Find Cookies by specifying the domain of the Web site.
- o Edit The Cookie's Content: Allows you to edit the content of the
- highlighted cookie in the bottom sub-window.
-
- * View
- o Deleted cookies Files: When you delete a cookies file, the
- sensitive data of the cookie is deleted, but the reference to the
- deleted cookies file is remained in the cookies index file
- (index.dat). If this menu item is checked, the deleted cookies files
- are listed in the top sub-window.
- o Duplicate Records: In some circumstances, duplicate references to
- the same cookies file are created in the cookies index file
- (index.dat)
- By default, IECookiesView displays only the latest reference of each
- cookies file, and hide all other duplicate references. You can view
- the duplicate references by selecting the "Duplicate Records" from
- the View menu. Be aware that duplicate records might contain wrong
- and obsolete information about the number of hits and
- accessed/created dates.
- The duplicate records are always marked with a special icon, and
- their status is always "Duplicate".
- o Obsolete Cookie Files: In some circumstances, there are some
- obsolete cookie files in the cookies folder that Internet Explorer
- doesn't use them anymore, as well as they are not listed in the
- cookies index file (index.dat). By default, IECookiesView doesn't
- display the obsolete cookie files. When you select the above option,
- All cookie files will be displayed, even if they are not listed in
- the cookies index file (index.dat)
-
- Notice:
- - When you select this option, the other view options ("Deleted
- cookies Files" and "Duplicate Records") are automatically disabled.
- i.e.: IECookiesView cannot display the obsolete cookies, together
- with duplicate records or with deleted cookies Files.
- - Some details of the obsolete cookie files are not shown as in
- regular cookie files, because the information is usually extracted
- from the cookies index file.
- Also, the Web site name of obsolete cookie files is usually
- truncated or corrupted.
- - This option might slow the cookies loading process,
- especially in Windows 95/98.
-
-
- o Mark Modified Cookies: If this option is selected, IECookiesView
- marks in green all the cookies files that has been modified or
- created since the last run of IECookiesView. You can clear these
- marks by using the 'Reset All Marks' option.
- o Mark Accessed Cookies: If this option is selected, IECookiesView
- marks in yellow all the cookies files that has been accessed since
- the last run of IECookiesView. You can clear these marks by using the
- 'Reset All Marks' option.
- o Reset All Marks: Reset all current marks of both last modified
- cookies and last accessed cookies. If cookies are modified or
- accessed while the IECookiesView is open, the cookies will be marked
- accordingly with yellow or green color.
- o Auto Refresh: If this menu item is checked, the top sub-window
- will be automatically refreshed when a change in the cookies folder
- is detected. If a Web site sends you a new cookie while this menu
- item is checked, it'll be updated in the IECookiesView window after a
- few seconds. In order to easily view the latest changes in cookies,
- click the header of "Accessed Date" column, and the latest changes
- will be shown in the bottom of the cookie files list.
- o Beep On Change: If this menu item is checked, a beep is sounded
- each time that there is a change in your cookies. (Only when in 'Auto
- Refresh' mode)
- o Automatically Save Selections: If this menu item is checked, your
- cookies selections are automatically saved, and loaded each time that
- you run IECokiesView. The selections file is saved as 'cookies.ivs'
- under you cookies folder.
- o Always On Top: If this menu item is checked, the main window is
- always on top of all other windows.
- o Refresh Now: Refresh the cookies list immediately.
- o Sort By Selection: Temporarily moves all selected cookies files
- to the top of the list. This option is useful if you want to view all
- the selected cookies files in one chunk.
- o Choose Columns: You can use this option for adding, removing, and
- changing the order of the columns in the top sub-window.
- o Cookie Properties: Shows the properties window of the current
- highlighted cookie in the bottom sub-window.
-
-
- Some menu commands can also be activated by using the toolbar, or by
- pressing the right combination of accelerator keys. For example: you can
- press the F5 key in order to refresh the top sub-window.
- You can also use the pop-up menu, by right-clicking on the top sub-window.
-
-
-
- Adding a cookies button into the toolbar of Internet Explorer
- =============================================================
-
- IECookiesView allows you to add a cookies button into the Internet
- Explorer toolbar. When you click the cookies button, the IECookiesView
- utility will be shown on the screen. You can add and remove the cookies
- button in the Internet Explorer toolbar, by using the "Installation
- Options" in the File menu. In order to add the cookies button, check the
- following option in the Installation Options window: "Show a cookies
- button in the Internet Explorer toolbar"
-
- Limitations:
-
- * When you add or remove the cookies button, the change will be shown
- only in the next time that you'll open a new window of Internet
- Explorer. You won't see the change in the current opened Internet
- Explorer windows.
- * The cookies button is added only for the current logged-on user.
- * This option is available only for Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.
-
-
-
-
- The cookie properties window
- ============================
-
- When you want to focus on a specific cookie, you can double-click the
- desired cookie in the bottom sub-window and enter into the "Cookie
- Properties" window.
- The "Cookie Properties" windows displays all information about the
- cookie, and 2 additional special fields:
-
- * IP Address: Some web sites stores your IP address as a part of the
- cookie value. For example: If the value is
- 50.60.70.80.738234783.472348237, the IP address is 50.60.70.80
- If IECookiesView recognizes the IP address in the cookie value, it'll
- be shown in IP address field. Otherwise, this field will be remained
- empty.
- * Sub-Values: Some cookies stores more than one key-value pair in the
- same cookie. The multiple key-value pairs are usually stored in the
- following syntax: Key1=Value1&Key2=Value2&Key3=Value3...
- When this syntax is recognized by IECookiesView, the key-value pairs
- will be shown in the Sub-Values table.
-
-
-
-
- Editing the content of a cookie
- ===============================
-
- Starting from version 1.3, IECookies allows you to modify the content of
- a single cookie. You can change the key/value pair, the domain, the
- secure flag, and the expire/modified dates.
- In order make a change in a cookie, follow the instructions below:
- 1. Close All windows of Internet Explorer.
- 2. In IECookiesView, press the F5 key to refresh the list of cookies
- files. This action will insure that you have the latest snapshot of
- cookies from the cookies index file (index.dat).
- 3. In the top sub-window, highlight the cookies file that you want to
- modify.
- 4. In the bottom sub-window, highlight the cookie that you want to
- modify.
- 5. Select the "Edit The Cookie's Content" item from the Edit menu or
- from the pop-up menu of the bottom sub-window.
- 6. In the editing dialog, change the values according to your needs,
- and press "Modify Cookie" button.
- 7. You'll be asked if you want to modify the cookie. Choose 'Yes', and
- your changes will be saved to the cookies file.
- 8. You can continue to modify other cookies as much as you need, but
- don't use the Internet Explorer browser until you finish the cookies
- modifications.
-
-
-
-
- Blocking/Allowing of cookies in IE6
- ===================================
-
- Starting from version 6.0, Internet Explorer give you more control over
- cookies, and allows you to block the cookies of specific Web sites, or
- even block all web sites from sending cookies, except a few specific Web
- sites.
- The IECookiesView utility allows you to block and enable the cookies of
- specific Web sites by using the cookies blocking mechanism of Internet
- Explorer. All the cookies blocking options are available under the
- "Cookies Blocking Options" in the Edit menu. These options are enabled
- only if version 6.0 of Internet Explorer is installed on you computer.
- The following options are available in the "Cookies Blocking Options"
- sub-menu:
-
- * Block Selected Cookies: Block the Web sites that created the selected
- cookies files. The cookies of these Web sites will not be accessible
- anymore, and additional cookies of these Web sites will not be accepted
- by Internet Explorer.
- * Allow Selected Cookies: Allow the Web sites that created the selected
- cookies files to use and create cookies. This option is useful if you
- want to block the cookies from all Web sites (By using the advanced
- privacy settings of IE), except a few cookies that you have to keep.
- * Remove Blocking/Allowing: Remove the Web sites that created the
- selected cookies files from the Blocking/Allowing list of Internet
- Explorer.
- * Internet Privacy Options: Display and edit the privacy settings of
- Internet Explorer.
-
-
-
- Selecting cookies of specific domains or Web sites
- ==================================================
-
- If you want to handle together all cookies created by specific Web sites
- or domains, you can use the "Select By Domain or Web Site" option from
- the Edit menu.
-
-
- You can select multiple domains at once, as shown in the above
- screenshot. After you press the "Ok" button, all cookies of the desired
- domains/sites are automatically selected. If you want to see all the
- selected sites in one chunk, check the "Sort by selection" check-box.
-
-
-
- Saving and loading selections of cookies
- ========================================
-
- IECookiesView allows you to save the list of current selected cookies
- into a file, and then load the cookies selections again when you need it.
- In order to save the list of current selected cookies, use the "Save
- Current Selections" in the File menu. In order to load back the cookies
- selections, use the "Load Selections File" in the File menu.
- Starting from version 1.60, IECookiesView automatically saves you last
- cookies selection, and loads it each time that you run IECookiesView. The
- selections file is saved as 'cookies.ivs' under your cookies folder. If
- you don't want that your cookies selections will be saved automatically,
- you can simply uncheck the 'Automatically Save Selections' under the View
- menu.
-
-
-
- Marked cookies
- ==============
-
- Each time you run IECookiesView, the cookies that has been modified and
- accessed since the last run, are marked in yellow and green colors. The
- latest accessed cookies are marked with yellow color, and the latest
- modified/created cookies are marked with green color. You can clear all
- current marks by selecting the "Reset All Marks" item from the View menu.
- After you reset the marks, If cookies are modified or accessed again,
- they will be marked accordingly. If you want to totally stop the cookies
- marking, uncheck the "Mark Modified Cookies" and the "Mark Accessed
- Cookies" items in the View Menu.
-
-
-
- Deleting and destroying cookies
- ===============================
-
- IECookiesView provides 2 methods to delete your cookies:
- 1. Delete Cookies Files: When you delete a cookie with this method,
- the cookie file is deleted, but a dead reference to this cookie is
- remained in the cookies index file. (index.dat)
- 2. Destroy Cookies Files: When you destroy a cookie:
- * The cookie file is filled with null characters, in order to
- prevent the restoring of the file in the future.
- * The cookie file is deleted.
- * The reference to the deleted cookie file in the cookies index
- file is filled with null characters.
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-
- In most cases, you should use the first method to the delete your
- cookies. However, if you want to completely remove all traces of your
- cookies, you should carefully use the second method (destroy cookies).
- Before using the "destroy" option, you must close all windows of Internet
- Explorer, and then refresh the cookies list (F5) in order to get the
- latest snapshot of the cookies in your system.
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- Command-Line Options
- ====================
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- /mi
- If you run the IECookiesView utility while one instance of the utility is
- already running, the current instance of the utility will be shown,
- instead of creating a new instance of IECookiesView.
- If you want to run more than one instance of IECookiesView at the same
- time, run the IECookiesView utility with "/mi" command-line parameter:
- iecv.exe /mi
-
- /dir folder
- Starts IECookiesView utility with another cookies folder, instead of the
- default cookies folder. If the folder name contains one or more space
- characters, it must be enclosed in double quotes.
- For example:
- iecv.exe /dir "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Cookies"
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-
-
- /nsl
- Starts IECookiesView without loading the settings from the previous time.
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- /inst
- Add shortcuts to IECookiesView in the desktop and in the start menu and
- add cookies icon into the toolbar of Internet Explorer.
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-
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- /uninst
- Remove the shortcuts and the toolbar icon created by the '/inst'
- command-line option or by "Installation Options" window.
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-
-
- /user <User Name>
- Starts IECookiesView with the cookies folder of another user.
- For example:
- /user admin1
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- Feedback
- ========
-
- If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my
- utility, you can send a message to nirsofer@yahoo.com
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