Command line tip #13- Find flash cookies

Posted by Vic Laurie
December 3, 2009

The previous post discusses Flash cookies in some detail. I commented that I have found that the Windows search function is not the best way to find Flash cookies. However, the command line can be used by entering the following:

dir "%appdata%\macromedia\*.sol" /s/b

The quotation marks are necessary. This command works in both XP and Vista. To make a text file with the list, use:

dir "%appdata%\macromedia\*.sol" /s/b >C:\list_of_flash_cookies.txt

Of course, you can choose your own file name and location.

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Command-line, Computer management, Privacy

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