Computer question

I don't know what happened. I used to clean the cookies in my computer by doing the following:

1. Rt. click on Start
2. Left click on cookies
3. Delete all the cookies that would come up.
4. I would then go into "recycle and clean that up as well.

I noticed as of about 2 weeks ago, when I do step #1, cookies does not come up automatically the way it used. I have to click on a folder that says "Abner", then click on the cookies folder. the problem is, when I click on this folder, only the index file shows up, no cookies. I know there has to be cookies, where have the gone? There are no cookies in the recycle folder either.

I am worried my computer will really get clogged up if I don't find out what happened. Any advice would be great.

thanks,

Abner

 

When I right click on Start, I have never seen cookies. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\abner\Cookies. Do you see all the cookies? You can clear them there

OR

Open a browser and click Tools | Internet Options... and you will be able to clear cookie from there.
Let me know if this helps.

 

Hi Randell:


Actually , I forgot a step.

1. Rt. click on start
2. Lf. click on explore
3. Then I used to click on cookies from there

Now, when I follow these steps, some folder under "Abner" comes up. I open this folder and then I click on the cookies folder, but nothing is ever in there! Weird.

I did do the internet options method and it did work. I am just wondering why this change occured?

The funny thing is my wife's laptop is connected via wireless to this computer, and her cookies come up diretly from the "Start" icon, the way mine used to.

Either way the cookies have been cleaned. Thanks!!! I just go crazy wondering about these computer things. I know enough about them to function, but do not always understand the rationale behind them. This is one of those cases.

Happy holidays!!


Abner

 

I use Supercleaner and Track Eraser pro to keep track and erase the cookies. One thing that I've learned, web informations are stored in other places beside the cookies folder. I also cleans out the prefetch folder as well as the temp.

 

Windows used to have a program called Paranoid that you could install that deletes cookie, temp files, etc…

I think you can still find it on Microsoft’s site

 

Well, how well do you rust your spy ware and antivirus programs?

My old laptop had exactly the same issue, and I was wandering whats why the behaviour changed?

I had a utility and also know how to delete cookies but I didn't like that it changed on me.

Anyway when I downloaded Nod32 antivirus and scanned my lap top it detected 2 viruses that my current up to date antivirus program didn't detect.

After cleaning the viruses I also scanned with new spyware
software that came bungled with software a purchased and the problem was fixed.

Someone was interesting in trucking my cookies?