vb.net windows xp cookies raigeki

[moti barski]

the following code will delete all the cookies, even the once that aren't deleted in IE ( internet explorer 8 ) from : tools, internet option, delete.

as a result of running the code the user will not be recognized or logged in to sites like youtube and various forums, in other words the user will effectively be logged out.
naturally, the user can relog in (sign in) to those sites.

Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Try
            For Each f In Directory.GetFiles("C:\Documents and Settings\" & Environment.UserName & "\Cookies", "*.txt", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
                File.Delete(f)
            Next
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message.ToString)
        End Try
    End Sub
    ' * delete cookies that ie doesn't delete from it's tools, delete
End Class

alternitively, on windows xp the user can delete the cookies manually :
start, run, cookies, delete all .txt files only.

[NickThissen]

There's a bunch of things just plain wrong here, mainly you are assuming a lot of things you cannot assume.

- Who says my main hard drive is called "C"?
- Who says my "C" drive, if it even exists, contains a folder "Documents and Settings"?

You can find the path to a users' Documens & Settings folder via various different methods that always give you the right path. Some users might not even have a "C" drive, and even if they do you cannot assume that this is the drive that the Documents & Settings folder is in. Finally, but I'm not sure about this, isn't the Documents & Settings folder name different for different Windows languages?
What I'm trying to say is: you should use any of the framework methods that give you the path to the documents folder, not simply assume it is "C:\Documents & Settings", because very often it won't be.



Also, what is the Try/Catch block there for? It should at least be inside the For Each block. If one deletion fails (no access for example) then now you give up immediately on all remaining files as well. If the try catch block is inside the for each loop, you at least give each file a try, literally.

[moti barski]

post the get cookies path if you have it.
'todo put try code in loop

[Nightwalker83]

You should use code to return the path of the SpecialFolders rather than hard code them.

[moti barski]

are you sure a code for getting the cookie path exists ? if so post it plz

[NickThissen]

It takes 3 seconds of googling...
http://tinyurl.com/3bet8dy

If that exact path doesn't work you can always try one of the many other SpecialFolders and go from there.

[Nightwalker83]

There is a method to return the cookie path because I have done it in VB6 but I don't know what the vb.net equalivent would be.

[weirddemon]

are you sure a code for getting the cookie path exists ? if so post it plz

In my signature, you'll find a link to the temp cleaning project I started working on some time ago. I called it ACleaner.

You can look through the code and find better methods of getting temp data. There's a ton of different locations, besides just IE.