How to save ignored Cookies?

[Hapkido]

Every so often for reasons I cannot explain my "Ignore Cookies" list disappears. I want to know how to save this information so that it can be restored when this happens. Can I assume that the "Excludes" folder, located in two places, is what I need to backup? If so, which one do I save a copy of or must I save both?

THANKS

[md usa spybot fan]

There is only one Ignore cookies file. When you go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Ignore cookies > check any cookies that you want to keep that list is stored in the Cookies.sbe file located in one of the following directories/folders:

• Windows 95 or 98:
  C:\Windows\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Excludes
• Windows ME:
  C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Excludes
• Windows NT, 2000 or XP:
  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Excludes

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The only advice that I can give you concerning the disappearing of the "Ignore cookie" list is to make sure that you close (exit) the SpybotSD.exe program before restarting or shutting down your system. After initially reading the Cookies.sbe file, SpybotSD.exe maintains the list in memory and only rewrites the file when it shuts down. If SpybotSD.exe is running when you do a system restart or shut down it appears that SpybotSD.exe is terminated before it has a chance to save its files (the Cookies.sbe included).

[Hapkido]

Thanks..... just the information I was looking for. The "Ignore Cookies" is one of the main features why I keep using Spybot S&D.

I always close any application before rebooting, so that part is not applicable in my case. As I wrote, this only happens sporadically and for reasons I haven't been able to figure out. Sometimes, just rebooting again brings the data back . . . very strange. It used to happen on my old system and it just happened again last night on this newly built system (both XP SP-2). Having to revisit 20+ Forums and try to remember the passwords for each to login again to create a new cookie gets old really fast, if you know what I mean, Vern?

[bitman]

Do you use Fast User Switching?

As md usa spybot fan mentioned, there is only one Cookies.sbe file shared by all users. In the past some using Fast User Switching have noticed problems with this list, possibly because the file is locked by another user.

I've never done any testing to confirm this, so it's just a possible reason for the issue, not the only one.

Bitman

[md usa spybot fan]

Hapkido:

Incidentally, I personally use IE Privacy Keeper by UnH Solutions to maintain/delete cookies as well as to delete Temporary Internet files:

• IE Privacy Keeper
  http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/

[md usa spybot fan]

bitman:

You're right. I forgot about the multiple user affect on the Cookies.sbe file.