Where do Add-ons and Cookies save in?

As title.

"Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote ...
> As title.

Well ... cookies live in the Cookie folder:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows

There is also a symbolic link to this directory, at:
C:\Users\<username>\Cookies.
.... but you can't use this link directly, you get an "access denied" error.

How to tell this Cookies is a symbolic link and not a real directory? Easy,
just use a "dir /a:s" command:

C:\Users\<username>>dir /a:s
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is 7846-1538

Directory of C:\Users\<username>

26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Application Data
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Cookies
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Cookies]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Local Settings
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> My Documents
[C:\Users\<username>\Documents]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> NetHood
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Network Shortcuts]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> PrintHood
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Printer Shortcuts]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Recent
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Recent]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> SendTo
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\SendTo]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Start Menu
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Start Menu]
26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Templates
[C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Templates]
6 File(s) 3,735,974 bytes
10 Dir(s) 19,893,747,712 bytes free

As you can see, most of the "directories" off your home directory are
actually Symbolic Links to other locations.

As for add-ins ... well, that depends. What add-ons are we talking about?
Add-ons for Internet Exploer? Office? Firefox? But generally, add-ons are
similar to independnet programs, and install themselves somewhere under the
"C:\Program Files" directory. But it's up to the developer of each add-in.

Vista also uses a feature called Virtualisation, which can "virtualise"
well-known program locations for poorly designed applications. So instead of
being installed under C:\Program Files" and app could end up installed
somewere under the C:\Users\User_name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore directory.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927387 for details.

Hope it helps,

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Well, it is very clear. Thanks for your ideas.
I'm talking about IE's add-ons, do you know?


"Andrew McLaren" <andrew@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote ...
>> As title.
>
> Well ... cookies live in the Cookie folder:
> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows
>
> There is also a symbolic link to this directory, at:
> C:\Users\<username>\Cookies.
> ... but you can't use this link directly, you get an "access denied"
> error.
>
> How to tell this Cookies is a symbolic link and not a real directory?
> Easy, just use a "dir /a:s" command:
>
> C:\Users\<username>>dir /a:s
> Volume in drive C is System
> Volume Serial Number is 7846-1538
>
> Directory of C:\Users\<username>
>
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Application Data
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Cookies
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Cookies]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Local Settings
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> My Documents
> [C:\Users\<username>\Documents]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> NetHood
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Network Shortcuts]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> PrintHood
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Printer Shortcuts]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Recent
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Recent]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> SendTo
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\SendTo]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Start Menu
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Start Menu]
> 26/06/2007 03:11 <JUNCTION> Templates
> [C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Templates]
> 6 File(s) 3,735,974 bytes
> 10 Dir(s) 19,893,747,712 bytes free
>
> As you can see, most of the "directories" off your home directory are
> actually Symbolic Links to other locations.
>
> As for add-ins ... well, that depends. What add-ons are we talking about?
> Add-ons for Internet Exploer? Office? Firefox? But generally, add-ons are
> similar to independnet programs, and install themselves somewhere under
> the "C:\Program Files" directory. But it's up to the developer of each
> add-in.
>
> Vista also uses a feature called Virtualisation, which can "virtualise"
> well-known program locations for poorly designed applications. So instead
> of being installed under C:\Program Files" and app could end up installed
> somewere under the C:\Users\User_name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore
> directory. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927387 for details.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>

"Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C166014E-DC3E-4989-8828-BBA5608A416A@microsoft.com...
> Well, it is very clear. Thanks for your ideas.
> I'm talking about IE's add-ons, do you know?

The MSDN Library section on "Browser Helper Objects" (formal name for IE
Add-on) does not specify any particular location where they should be
installed. Since they are executables, they should be treaded as such. Some
Microsoft-supplied BHOs (Add-ons) are installed under %SystemRoot% (usually
C:\Windows), some Microsoft add-ons and most 3rd party Add-ons are installed
under %ProgramFiles% (usually C:\Program Files).

See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753587.aspx

Hope it helps,
Andrew

How about Flash Player?

"Andrew McLaren" <andrew@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C166014E-DC3E-4989-8828-BBA5608A416A@microsoft.com...
>> Well, it is very clear. Thanks for your ideas.
>> I'm talking about IE's add-ons, do you know?
>
> The MSDN Library section on "Browser Helper Objects" (formal name for IE
> Add-on) does not specify any particular location where they should be
> installed. Since they are executables, they should be treaded as such.
> Some Microsoft-supplied BHOs (Add-ons) are installed under %SystemRoot%
> (usually C:\Windows), some Microsoft add-ons and most 3rd party Add-ons
> are installed under %ProgramFiles% (usually C:\Program Files).
>
> See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753587.aspx
>
> Hope it helps,
> Andrew
>
>

"Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote...
> How about Flash Player?


You're kidding me. You really can't work this out for yourself?

Serach for flash.ocx.

Anyway, it's installed in %SystemRoot%\System32\Macromed. Yes, Flash Player
is a (very) badly behaved app: it should install itself under
%ProgramFiles% - but, it doesn't.

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

No, no...
Something wrong with my Flash Player and everything is fine now. Thanks for
your help.


"Andrew McLaren" <andrew@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote...
>> How about Flash Player?
>
>
> You're kidding me. You really can't work this out for yourself?
>
> Serach for flash.ocx.
>
> Anyway, it's installed in %SystemRoot%\System32\Macromed. Yes, Flash
> Player is a (very) badly behaved app: it should install itself under
> %ProgramFiles% - but, it doesn't.
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>