Flash Cookies are a type of cookie that is used to store information on a computer. They are often used to store personal information, such as your name, address, and other important data. When you visit a website that uses flash cookies, you will be asked to accept them. If you do not accept them, the website will not work correctly. To view and manage flash cookies on your computer, you first need to open the Internet Explorer browser and then click on the three lines in the top left corner of the browser window. This will open a menu where you can select “Options”. In this menu, you can select “Privacy” and then “Cookies”. After clicking on “Cookies”, you will be able to see all of the cookies that have been set for your computer. You can also see which cookies have been deleted by clicking on the red X next to any cookie that has been deleted. If you want to delete a cookie, simply click on it and then click on the Delete button in the bottom right corner of the window. You can also change how many times a day your computer asks for permission to set new cookies by changing the setting called “cookie_lifetime” in “Privacy” under “Cookies”. If you do not want your computer to ask for permission every time it sets new cookies, set this value to 0 or 1 (0 means never ask for permission and 1 means always ask for permission).
Using Flash Cookies View
The program comes in a zip file and is portable. Simply unzip the three files within, place them within a “Program Files Folder”, and create a shortcut. All ready to go…
As soon as your start the program you will see a listing of all the flash cookies located on your system. You can see the “URL, Filename, Time Created/Modified, File Size, & File Path” for each one. There are two display modes for flash cookies (lower half of program window). The first is “Cookie Values”…
And the second is “Hex Dump”.
If you prefer you can even change the “Base Folder” for flash cookies on your system.
Viewing the “Properties” for a cookie will bring up a small window with the same details shown in the main window but with a more focused format.
If there is a particular flash cookie that you want to remove highlight it, right click, and select “Delete Selected Cookie Files”. Goodbye flash cookie… This could definitely be a very quick and easy way to keep all of the flash cookies cleaned off of your system.
Conclusion
Flash Cookies View is a small simple program that will let you easily view and manage the flash cookies on your computer.
Links
Download Flash Cookies View (Portable Format)
