On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > Victor Subervi wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:57 PM, r0g <aioe....@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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