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Move Internet Explorer cookies folder to new location.

This setting enables you to change the default location of cookies folder.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to change the default location of cookies folder. This folder stores the information about the user while he/she was surfing the web. It is that folder where persistent data from websites is located (normally used only by Internet Explorer).

This setting enables you to change the default location/path of the "Cookies" folder.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create an expandable string value "Cookies" in "User Shell Folders" key, if this value does not exist.

Now, double-click the Value Name "Cookies" under "User Shell Folders" keys, to define a new path in their Value Data fields for your "Cookies" folder.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Data Type :

REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Enter new Path to Cookies folder

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

First, click the 'Start' button and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\], right-click on the expandable string value "Cookies" and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the desired path in the 'Value Data' field, for example "D:\My Cookies" and click on 'OK'.