Where are cookies stored on PC??

..for both IE (6) and Firefox (1.5)!!

Windows XP

FireFox: (2.0, 1.5?)
\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.*\Cookies.txt
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.*\Cookies.txt

IE:
\Documents and Settings\USER\Cookies
%USERPROFILE%\Cookies
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Cookies

Code:

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'// VB6 CODE
Private Declare Function SHGetFolderPath Lib "shfolder" Alias "SHGetFolderPathA" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, ByVal hToken As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

Private Function GetCookiesPath() As String
    Dim strPath    As String
    Dim lngReturn  As Long
    Dim lngCSIDL  As Long
    lngCSIDL = &H21
    strPath = String(260, 0)
    lngReturn = SHGetFolderPath(0, lngCSIDL, 0, &H0, strPath)
    GetCookiesPath = Left$(strPath, InStr(1, strPath, Chr(0)) - 1)
End Function

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Debug.Print GetCookiesPath
End Sub

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Thanks for the code.

Could you please tell me how you arrived at this value??

lngCSIDL = &H21

or how the code is working??

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Harsh Gupta

Thanks for the code.

Could you please tell me how you arrived at this value??

lngCSIDL = &H21

or how the code is working??

Thank you.

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...nums/csidl.asp